Located on the slopes of Mount Espinho, overlooking the city of Braga in northern Portugal, the Temple of Bom Jesus do Monte has been developed over 600 years in Baroque style, and reflects the European tradition of creating the "Holy Mountains" promoted by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent in The sixteenth century as a reaction to the Protestant Reformation. The Bom Jesus collection is centered on a road leading to the western slope of the mountain, and includes a series of chapels with sculptures evoking the Passion of Christ, as well as fountains, allegorical sculptures, and formal gardens.