Carmelite Convent

Carmelite Convent

Also known as Convento do Carmo

Year

1423

Type

building

The Gothic nave of the Carmo convent stands roofless, its stone arches framing open sky, not as neglect, but as the city's most powerful memorial to the 1755 earthquake. Built between 1389 and 1423 on the orders of Nuno Álvares Pereira, the …

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