Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco, Baroque church in Santo Antonio district, Recife, Brazil

Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco is a Baroque church in Santo Antônio district with an interior marked by carved cedar details, marble work, and 22-karat gold leaf covering throughout. The building combines a main chapel and connected spaces that form a complex housing religious artwork and sacred art collections.

The church belongs to the building complex of the Convento e Igreja de Santo Antônio in Recife. Its dependencies house the Capela Dourada and the Museu Franciscano de Arte Sacra, both part of the same Franciscan ensemble in the Santo Antônio district.

Nine large paintings by José Pinhão de Matos decorate the walls with religious scenes that reflect Portuguese artistic traditions in Brazilian sacred art. These works define the artistic character of the interior space that visitors see today.

The building is accessible during daylight hours and easy to locate in the street. Visitors should expect to explore interconnected interior spaces including multiple chapels and exhibition areas within the complex.

The church belongs to the complex of the Convento e Igreja de Santo Antônio, and the Capela Dourada and the Museu Franciscano de Arte Sacra sit within its dependencies. A visitor can therefore see the sacred art collection and the gold-covered chapel on the same stop as the Third Order church.