[1] In 1791, the Town Hall granted the land next to the wall for the construction of buildings, which were later built according to a new type of plan that had possibly come from Lisbon following the 1755 earthquake, thus determining the beginning of the slow transformation of the Toural.

In the second half of the century, a public garden was built, surrounded by iron railing and stone walls, which opened in 1878.

Urban furniture was created for this space in keeping with the new iron architecture: a bandstand, urinal, benches and lamps.

With the establishment of the Republic, the public garden was destroyed and transferred to another location,[1] and a statue of King Afonso Henriques was put in its place, the centre of the Toural, that is now refurbished.

The chancel is separated from the nave by a round-arched crossing arch and the altarpiece stands out in its blue and gold carving, still a manifestation of the eclectic taste of the late 19th century.