LISBON, Portugal — The opulent gold-decorated interior of the 16th-century Igreja de São Roque, one of the earliest Jesuit churches in Christendom. Th

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LISBON, Portugal — The opulent gold-decorated interior of the 16th-century Igreja de São Roque, one of the earliest Jesuit churches in Christendom. This Lisbon landmark showcases a series of intricately adorned Baroque chapels, exemplifying the lavish artistic and architectural styles of Portuguese religious buildings during the Counter-Reformation period.

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