Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Lajes)

The Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Lajes das Flores/Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário) is an 18th-century church located in the civil parish of Lajes in the municipality of Lajes das Flores, in the Portuguese island of Flores, in the archipelago of the Azores.

[1] On 25 July 1587, the primitive parochial church of Lajes, situated in the location occupied by the municipal cemetery was burned-down by English privateers, that landed five ships whose troops sacked the town and surrounding countryside.

[1] Between 1763 and 1783, the actual church was raised on the site occupied by the Hermitage of Espírito Santo.

[1] It would be another few decades before these retables were guided by the Micaelense artisan António Jacinto Carreiro (in the 1960s).

[1] The church is located in the centre of the town, situated within a group of builds of the historic town, that include the Municipal Palace/Hall, the old Naval Radio-Telegraphic Station of Flores, as well as a short distance from the lighthouse of Lajes.

The imposing three-storey facade of the church, with its double bell towers