Portal da Gafaria
 Lintel of the Portal da Gafaria | |
| Coordinates | 38°31′33″N 8°53′13″W / 38.52583°N 8.88694°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
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| Location | Portugal |
| Type | Cultural heritage, Cover and Leprosarium |
The Portal da Gafaria, also known as Portal da Gafaria da Horta do Rio, located at Av. Manuel Maria Portela No. 19, in Setúbal, is a portal believed to have belonged to a leper colony from the 14th century. It possibly dates from the 15th century, corresponding to its late Gothic style.[1][2]
As was customary, the leper colony was situated on the outskirts, outside the city walls, in an area of orchards. The institution was possibly funded by the noble family that carved their coat of arms into the lintel, which is now illegible. The construction corresponds to a period between 1479 and 1480, during which many similar buildings were constructed in Portugal to combat a disastrous outbreak of plague.[1]
The lintel of the door is preserved (a rare remnant) with the following Latin inscription: «Vanitas, vanitatum et omnia vanitas». This is a quote from the Old Testament, from the book of Ecclesiastes, 1:1-2, reflecting on the transience of human life:[1]
1 Verba Ecclesiastes filii David regis Ierusalem.
2 Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.
1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Portal da Gafaria". Patrimonio cultural (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 6 March 2016.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Pereira, Fernando António Baptista (1990). "Sobre o manuelino de Setúbal". Setúbal na História (in Portuguese). Setúbal: Liga dos Amigos de Setúbal e Azeitão. pp. 123–146.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
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