IGREJA DE SANTA LUZIA NO CENTRO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

One version of its origin claims that the navigator Fernão de Magalhães, passing through Guanabara Bay in December 1519, had a small chapel built there, then on the seashore, where he would have placed an image of Our Lady of Navigators. Another version attributes its origin to a chapel built by Franciscan monks upon their arrival in 1592. This temple was expanded in 1752. The Church of Santa Luzia is located right below Morro do Castelo, with the Fortress and the Church of São Sebastião at the top. On the right, the Fort of São Tiago, along with the Church of Bonsucesso, and on the left, the Passeio Público, seen from the terrace of the Church of Glória, by Richard Bate in 1809. During the transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil, King John VI of Portugal ordered the opening of Rua Santa Luzia in 1817, which reached the Convento da Ajuda, so that he could take his carriage to the church, in fulfillment of a promise made that his grandson, Infante D. Sebastião, would be cured of an eye disease. This facilitated access to the Church of Santa Luzia. In the 1920s, with the demolition of Morro do Castelo, a terrace was created with the materials, forming the landfill that kept the seawater away. Originally, behind the temple, at the foot of the now-vanished hill, there was a spring attributed with miraculous powers. This devotion is commemorated to this day by a spout installed in the church's sacristy. Source: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_...)