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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Visit the Convent of Arrábida - São Lourenço (Setúbal)

The Arrábida Convent, located in Serra da Arrabida, in the Parish of St. Lawrence (Setúbal), was built in the sixteenth century, and covers over its 25 hectares, the Old Monastery, situated on the highest of the mountains , the New Monastery, located on the slopes, and the Garden Sanctuary of Bom Jesus.
It also displays high in the mountains, the four chapels, the set of watchtowers of veneration of the mysteries of the Passion and some cells in rocks form what is commonly called the Old Monastery.
The convent was founded in 1542 by Fray Martin de Santa Maria.
The first four Franciscans friars were: Martin de Santa Maria, Diogo de Lisboa, Pedraita Francisco and San Pedro de Alcantara.

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