Place of worship
Convent of the Capuchos
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Tips from locals
Ricardo
May 5, 2022
A short but very picturesque drive or tuk-tuk ride from Sintra will bring you to the remnants of a 16th-century monastery. The Franciscan monks who lived in this brotherhood chose an extraordinarily austere life, contrasting with Sintra’s luxury. They lived in tiny cells bored from the rock and adorned with cork, and survived on vegetables grown at the kitchen garden. This is still visible below the main courtyard, the Pátio do Tanque where there’s a pretty octagonal fountain. The cells, monastic buildings and chapel, have been abandoned since the monasteries were dissolved in Portugal in 1834.
A short but very picturesque drive or tuk-tuk ride from Sintra will bring you to the remnants of a 16th-century monastery. The Franciscan monks who lived in this brotherhood chose an extraordinarily austere life, contrasting with Sintra’s luxury. They lived in tiny cells bored from the rock and ad…
Frederico
March 10, 2022
Capuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other dependencies, installed in the rock and lined with cork, are a telling example of the humble and austere existence of the Franciscan friars who lived here.
Capuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other dependencies, installed in the rock and lined with cork,…
Patricia
April 2, 2018
Capuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other dependencies, installed in the rock and lined with cork, are a telling example of the humble and austere existence of the Franciscan friars who lived here. Situated on the Serra de Sintra, 9 km from the centre of Sintra
Capuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other dependencies, installed in the rock and lined with cork,…
Patricia
January 5, 2015
It is a historical convent consisting of small quarters and became a pious community of reclusive clergy that continued to occupy cramp humble spaces in the complex
Maria
February 22, 2016
I bet you've never seen nothing like this... don't miss it?
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