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Convento do Carmo

  • April 17, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by iheartlaguna from Costa Mesa , California
Convento do Carmo

Ruined convent. Walls are standing but no roof. It's my understanding that it was destroyed in the Great Earthquake and ordered not to be rebuilt as a reminder of the devastation of the earthquake. It costs only a couple of euros to enter. There's a small museum inside but most impressive is admiring the contrast between the blue sky and remaining arches.

From journal I love Lisbon!

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Carmo Monastery

  • November 29, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Rucas from Lisboa, Portugal
Carmo Monastery

Construction on this Carmelite church began at the end of the 14th century, although problems with its foundation delayed completion for years. It was finished in the finest Gothic style to become the second largest church, after the Sé (Cathedral), in Lisbon. Then the great earthquake toppled its ceiling. That part of the church that survived intact now houses the Museu Nacional de Arqueología, but most of the church was never rebuilt, so it serves today as dramatic evidence of that cataclysm. Past the entry there is a startling grassy sward, skeletal walls, apse, and arches.

From journal Decadent Lisbon

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