THE STORY OF VANDOMA
IT CAME INTO THE HANDS OF A FRENCH BISHOP AND REMAINED FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF PORTO.
Altar of Our Lady of Vandoma
in the Cathedral of Porto.
THE FLEET BELONGED TO THE GASCONS AND IT ARRIVED AT THE PORT TO LIBERATE THE CITY. DOM NÓNEGO, THE BISHOP OF VENDOME IN FRANCE, STAYED HERE ALSO TO BECOME A BISHOP IN THIS LAND. AFTER THE CITY WALLS WERE REBUILT, HE ORDERED THE PLACEMENT OF OUR LADY OF VANDOMA TO PROTECT THE MAIN ENTRANCE GATE TO PORTO.
THE GATE OF VANDOMA GAVE RISE TO THE IDEA OF A PLACE, AND FOLLOWING OUR LADY, IT ALSO BECAME A FAIR, WITH ITS NAME WANDERING THROUGH THE CITY UNTIL IT SETTLED IN THE AREA NOW KNOWN BY THAT NAME.
The Gate of Vendome, erected by Dom Nónego,
in a design by José Júlio Gonçalves Coelho.
The vandoma Family
Catarina, Jéssie, António, Elisabete, Cristina and Lisa.
