Due to the growing afflux of pilgrims to the Memory Chapel, King Ferdinand, in 1377, ordered the primitive church to be built to guard the sacred statue of the Virgin.
Quite changed and enlarged on the following reigns, the present building, of baroque outline and high bell towers, shows the great changes it underwent in the end of the 17th century.
The interior has a single nave and a high altar in gilded woodcarving with twisted columns, from where stands out a canvas depicting the miracle of Our Lady of Nazaré to D. Fuas Roupinho. On the throne, at the centre, the worshipped statue of the Virgin of Nazaré can be admired. The walls of the tops of the transept are lined with beautiful 18th century blue and white tile panels from the Dutch master W. Van Kloet, representing scenes from the Old Testament.