The Chapel of Santo Amaro...
located in the neighborhood of Barra, Balneário Camboriú...
in front of Praça dos Pescadores [Vissersplein] and the School of Art and Crafts...
was the first church in the city.
Popular sources inform that it was inaugurated in 1758 (i.e. 264 years old!)...
however the records do not prove its existence in this period,
The first documentation about it appears in the Provincial Law of March 28, 1840, when its construction was authorized, and it was built between 1849 and 1863 in colonial style, with stone and mortar, whale oil based.
In the first half of the 19th century, it was a branch chapel...
as Camboriú belonged to the Parish of Porto Belo, of April 1884, based in Barra, but with the growth of the population in the so-called Vila dos Garcias, the municipal seat was transferred there, in 1890. A few years later, the Mother Church also moved there.
At this time, the Igreja Matriz do Bom Sucesso returned to being a Chapel.
In 1967, the chapel was renamed Santo Amaro.
Inside the chapel...
there are paintings, murals and, in the center of the altar, the baroque images of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso and Santo Amaro, coming from Portugal.
It is the only remaining colonial architecture building in Balneário Camboriú.
A prominent symbol of this Chapel is the cracked bell...
according to the story told on a panel, on the day of the liberation of the slaves...
it rang for more than 24 hours, until it cracked.
It is in a glass case and can be seen up close.
The Chapel of Santo Amaro was reopened on December 19th, 2008...
after undergoing restoration, in which original materials were used.
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