Convento de São Domingos or Convento de Santo António of the Order of São Domingos and Museological Center

Category: Religious Architecture > Convent

District: Évora > Montemor-o-Novo > Montemor-o-Novo > Moinho do Bispo

Location

Montemor-o-Novo

History

- Founded in 1559 by Manuel Fragoso and Beatriz de Negreiros.

- Construction authorized by Cardinal D. Henrique in 1561.

- Works completed in 1619.

Architecture

- Typical 16th-century Dominican building.

- L-shaped plan with central cloister.

- Simple facade with triangular portico and rectangular windows.

- Single nave with side chapels and quadrangular chancel.

- Two-story cloister.

Evolution and Current Use

- Degraded after the extinction of religious orders in 1834.

- Recovered in 1972 by the Grupo de Amigos de Montemor-o-Novo (Group of Friends of Montemor-o-Novo).

- Current headquarters of the Group and Archaeological Museum.

Museological Core

- Exhibitions of Archaeology, Pottery, Sacred Art, Ethnography and Bullfighting.

- Church with 17th-century tiles.

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt