Category: churches, convents and monasteries

In the heart of Bairro Alto and just a few steps from the viewpoint of Sao Pedro de Alcântara you can find the Convent of Cardaes, one of the jewels of the city of Lisbon. Is it Monday and everything is closed in Lisbon? It’s raining and you want to occupy your time without getting…

The origin of the monastery of Saint Vincent dates back to the siege of Lisbon in 1147. The knights who made up the 2nd crusade grouped in two camps outside the city walls, one to the west (now Chiado) and the other to the east that would come to give rise to the Monastery of…