Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception of Engenho Poxim
São Cristóvão, Brazil
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception of Engenho Poxim (Capela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Engenho Poxim) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil. It was built as part of the Engenho Poxim sugarcane plantation, which existed along the Poxim Açu River, a small branch of the Poxim River, in the southwest of the municipality of São Cristóvão. The church is located in a remote, rural setting in the present-day Rosa Luxemburgo II settlement. It was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1943. It church has fallen into a state of neglect and lacks the interior elements present at the time of its survey and federal historical designation.
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