Purificação Convent
Convento de Nossa Senhora da Purificação, Largo do Terreiro das Freiras / Rua Aquilino Ribeiro, Moimenta da Beira 3620-330
Phone: +351 254 520 103
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Moimenta da Beira is approximately 17 km northwest of Sernancelhe, and its Convento de Nossa Senhora da Purificação was founded in 1594 by Dr Fernão Mergulhão. His jasper tombstone, bearing his coat of arms and reference to the founding of the convent, can be found there. The church was altered in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1812 the convent was closed and the nuns were moved to the Mosteiro das Chagas in Lamego. There is a terrace supported on seven Truscan columns where the nuns looked out. Inside, there are 17th century multi-coloured azulejo tiles and carved and gilded altarpieces.
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