Evora, Portugal

Remédios Convent

Remédios Convent, Evora

A Discalced Carmelite convent founded outside Évora's walls in 1606 by Archbishop Teotónio de Bragança. Its austere early-Baroque church, consecrated in 1614, holds a richly gilded carved altar; the grounds later became the city's public cemetery.

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Location

Coordinates: 38.569789, -7.915077

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