here is richer, while figures are treated more naively. The figures on the ceiling of the chancel are treated much better than in the nave, and the themes were influenced by the treasties of friar Luis de Melgaço, reconciling many biblical examples of the priests of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, the virtues and saints. Along with the Misericórdia of Melgaço, the church of Valadares was the only district without a hospital in the 19th century: there are no documents that suggested that the Misericórdia was used for this role, as was typical of the period. Interior The interior is plastered and whitewashed. A choir is located on arched corbels with wooden balustrades accessible from a door to the right. Meanwhile the sub-choir with wooden awnings, is accessible from the right arm of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia alongside a baptismal fountain. On the opposite wall there is a door flanked by soupe, with a rectangular pulpit on a stone corbel, surrounded by a wooden balustrade. At the front of the nave, there are two retables with gilded carvings, protected by iron railings, that shelter the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (pulpit side) and Our Lady of Fátima (epistle-side), both flanked by pews. The floors are in wood, while the angular roof, is divided into square boxes, painted along the centre with the images from the life of the Virgin, while along the two lateral rows show scenes from the life of Christ. On the extreme ends of the nave are symbols representing the martyrdom of Christ, while a triumphal arch, filled with a gilt valance. The main chapel has two closets and two lateral niches, framed in stone and trimmed with curved pediment, with carved and gilded retables. The main altar, carved and gilded, with a tabernacle surrounded by angels, includes a throne with the Holy Eucharist. The paved floor and curved roof are in wood, with a projected cornice and wood panels painted with images from the bible's Old Testament, the fathers of the Orthodox and the Catholic Church, the three cardinal virtues, saints Peter and Paul (the two pillars of the Catholic Church) and a scene from the Adoration of the Magi. With the squared-off vaulted ceiling from the high-choir to the triumphal arch are scenes from the life the Virgin Mary: "São Joaquim, Santa Ana e a Virgem" (Saint Joachim, Saint Anne and the Virgin); "Santa Ana ensina a Virgem a ler" (Saint Anne teaches the Virgin to read); "Anunciação" (The Annunciation); "Visitação" (The Visitation); "Fuga para o Egipto" (Flight into Egypt); "Mater Omnium"; "Esponsais da Virgem" (The Betrothal of the Virgin); "Assunção da Virgem" (The Assumption of the Virgin); "Coroação da Virgem" (The Heart of the Virgin); and "Cristo Redentor" (Christ the Redeemer). In the two lateral tiers there are images from the life of Christ. On the right lateral tier, from the choir to arch: "São Lucas"; "São João Evangelista"; "Anjo com coluna" (Angel with Column); "Última Ceia" (The Last Supper); "Cristo no horto" (Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane); "beijo de Judas" (Judas' Kiss); "Cristo perante Pilatos" (Christ before Pilate); "Cristo atado à coluna" (Christ bound to a column); "colocação da coroa de espinhos" (Placing the crown of thorns); and "Ecce Homo". In counterpoint, on the left lateral tier: "Cristo inicia o caminho do Calvário" (Christ begins his road to Calvary); "Simão de Cirene carregando a cruz" (Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross); "Jesus falando às mulheres de Jerusalém" (Jesus talking to the women of Jerusalem); "Crucificação" (The Crucifixion); "exalçamento da cruz" (The Exclamation of the Cross); "Calvário" (Calvary); "Descida da