Lisbon Weekly Photo

The idea came up after visiting several “DailyPhoto” sites, particularly the one from Paris, which is my other favorite city. Since LisbonDailyPhoto was getting posts very irregularly, I decided to create this place. Although my skills and my Exilim Z110 are very limited, I hope to deserve your visit. Please leave your comments (any comments) so I can improve.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Church of the Carmo Covent

The church of the Carmo Covent was built in 1389 by Dom Nuno Alvares Pereira (Santo Condestável). On the 1st November 1755 a huge earthquake caused the collapse of most of the vault and the fire that followed it destroyed most of what remained.
A reconstruction attempt was abandoned in the 19th century "under the influence of the romantic taste for ruins".
The exhibited collection consists, mainly, of abandoned pieces of sculpture collected from monasteries vandalized during the French invasions (Peninsular War) and Liberal War.


3 Comments:

Blogger Icarus said...

Just excellent! Mai nada à dizer! And precisely on the 251st anniversary, which this year I had forgotten.
Hope you're doing well. It is now a wet Thursday no centro. Porto probably too.

2:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Viva, Carlos:

A que horas e dias é que co convento está aberto ao público?
Obrigado.

7:50 AM  
Blogger Carlos said...

Olá Anónimo,
Segundo a CML:
Segunda a Sábado das 10:00h às 17:00h (Outubro a Abril), 10:00h às 18:00h (Maio-Setembro).

Volta sempre.

6:07 PM  

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