Above: The Igreja de São João Evangelista, the Jesuit College Church. The Jesuits arrived in Madeira in 1570, and started building their college in
1599. The church construction started in 1624 and was completed in 1647, and the church was part of the old Jesuit College and is presently occupied by the University of
Madeira. It is decorated with gilded wood, statues, valuable 17th and 18th century altarpieces, and blue and white tile panels from the 17th century.
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1 to 3 show the front of the Igreja de São João Evangelista, with four busts of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, St. Francis Borgia and St. Stanislaus .
4 shows the church and Jesuit College floor plan, which is now the University of Madeira.
5 and 6 show the nave of the church and the painted ceiling at the top.
7 shows the Quitterie Altar.
8 and 9 show the 11,000 Virgins Altar, based on the legend of the martyred Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgin followers, where they were cruelly massacred
for refusing to copulate with or marry the invading Huns.
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