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Monastery Monastery · Algarve · 537 m

Antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro

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O antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro - hoje em ruínas - se encontra numa localização avantajada para se ter um belo panorama da região. Rodeado por linda vegetação, o local é parada obrigatória para apreciar a paisagem e conhecer um pouco mais da história local.

O convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro foi construído em 1631 como uma fundação franciscana, patrocinada pelo vice-Rei da Índia, Pedro da Silva.

Diz a lenda que o convento foi fundado devido à uma promessa feita em alto mar, por dois navegantes num momento de perigo. Se sobrevivessem, eles contruiriam juntos uma igreja no primeiro lugar que avistassem do mar, em Portugal. Também é dito que um dos fundadores trouxe da Índia uma pequena imagem em marfim de Nossa Senhora, que era venerada como relíquia peloa frades que ali moravam. Essa imagem está atualmente na ermida de São Sebastião.

O convento foi bastante danificado pelo terremoto de 1755 e teve seus bens alienados após a extinção das ordens religiosas, em 1834. Desde então a construção não passou por nenhum processo de restauração, o que culminou no estado de ruína em que se encontra no momento.

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37.319665, -8.559878
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37°19'10.8"N 8°33'35.6"W
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29S 538995 4130425
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