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   Convento de Santo António - Lourinhã

   Classified as a national monument, the Convento de Santo António belonged to the Franciscan order and was founded in 1598.The monastery originally consisted of a small church and a small number of houses used for retreat purposes. On 17 November (...)
   
   Website: http://www.cm-lourinha.pt
   

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   Convento de São Bernardo

   The nunnery of the Order of Saint Bernard, dedicated to Our Lady of Conception was founded in 1518, on the initiative of the bishop of Guarda, Jorge de Melo. Linked to the French monastery at Claraval, it retains its original layout with the (...)

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   Convento de São Bernardo ou de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

   Formed in 1685 at the initiative of D. Maria Pereira, this convent was to be the last Cistercian foundation in Portugal. The founder, who was a widow with no heirs, chose her estate at Tabosa so that "the property that God had given her could be (...)

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   Convento de São Domingos - Elvas

   Gothic church from the 13th c., modified in the 18th c. in baroque style

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   Convento de São Francisco - Bragança

   Owned by the Secular Franciscan Order, its structure dates back to the 13th century (1271). Its foundation is attributed according to oral tradition to St. Francis of Assisi. It was rebuilt in the first half of sec. XIII from a medieval structure of (...)
   
   Telephone: +351 273 001 301
   E-mail: mail@adbgc.dglab.gov.pt
   Website: http://adbgc.dglab.gov.pt
   

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   Convento de São Francisco - Santarém

   The convent of São Francisco was founded by the king D. Sancho II, in 1242. As happened with the similar Convento de Santa Clara, the convent was built in accordance with the architectural guidelines of the mendicant Gothic style: austerity in terms (...)

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   Convento de São Gonçalo

   The beautiful monument that today stands proudly overlooking the river Tâmega was first begun in 1540 at the orders of the king D. João III.One of the most notable features on the side of the church overlooking a small but attractive square is a (...)

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   Convento de São Miguel - Óbidos

   The Convento de São Miguel das Gaeiras, a Franciscan monastery, was founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, the son of Dom Manuel I, in 1569, and transferred to its current site in 1602.Today, it displays signs of having been harmoniously restored to (...)

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   Convento dos Capuchos

   The convento dos Capuchos (Franciscan/Capuchin convent) was built in the 16th century with structural and ornamental alterations made in the 18th century due to the damage caused by the 1755 earthquake. The convent was home to the hooded friars of (...)
   
   Telephone: +351 21 290 00 56
   Fax: +351 21 290 55 11

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    Convento dos Capuchos - Sintra

    Capuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other (...)
    
    Telephone: +351 21 923 73 00
    Fax: +351 21 923 73 50
    E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
    Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
    

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