The Black Prince’s Chapel : The Church Built by a Sinhalese Prince in Portugal

A four-hundred-year-old church in Telheiras, a suburb of Lisbon, stands as an architectural testament to Dom João, known as the Black Prince and the last male heir of the ancient Kancyan Dynasty. Our Lady of the Gate of Heaven was built by this remarkable Sinhalese prince during his time in Portugal, blending cultural heritage with European ecclesiastical tradition. The chapel preserves the extraordinary legacy of a royal figure whose influence stretched across continents and centuries.