Building of great artistic interest of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries .
Here we find the oldest mural of specimen called ' fresh' that came to our days in Cuba county and also the Lower Alentejo, belonging to the end of the century . XVI.
It is assumed that the church's foundation has been in the Middle Ages , however , it has undergone major changes over the centuries and is now a beautiful Gothic -Manueline exemplary Alentejo folk and rural character .
Is located just outside Vila Ruiva in Alvito road and is a beautiful building with a facade of two floors , all painted white.
It is a listed building with a single nave , rectangular shape .
The set of fresco painting and the temple of the Mother Church of Vila Ruiva are datable from several different periods , century . The sixteenth century . XIX .
This authentic cathedral of fresh owes its construction to noblemen Pereiras de Melo, Counts of Olivenza and Tentúgal.