The Salvador de Cabeça Santa Church is classified as a National Monument since 1927, and integrates nowadays the very interesting touristic-cultural Vale do Sousa Romanesque Route.

This Church probably dates from the first decades of the 13th century, and is an excellent work for the understanding of the Portuguese Romanesque architecture. The artists and models itinerancy is quite present in this Church.

The portals and the capital’s sculpture are quite similar to the ones in São Martinho de Cedofeita Church in Oporto which also presents decorative motives quite close to the ones used in the Romanesque Oporto’s Cathedral.

The South Portal features an acobrat, showing the duality between sacred and profane.

The Church’s consecration lies in the devotion paid to a consecrated relic that was kept there: a saint’s skull (Cabeça Santa = Holy Head), by Lady Mafalda and there seem to be no other details on this subject.