Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco
Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco is a former Carmelite monastery in the Mata Nacional do Buçaco protected forest of the Serra do Buçaco, Portugal.
It was constructed in 1628.[1] It closed in 1834 following the supression of male religious orders and dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal at the end of the Portuguese Civil War.[2] Some of the stones were reused in the Palace Hotel of Buçaco.[3]
References
- ^ Coimbra and The Beiras, Portugal: Frommer's ShortCuts 2012 "In 1628, they founded a monastery at Buçaco and built it with materials from the surrounding hills. Around the forest,they erected a wall to isolate themselves further and to keep women out. The friars had a special love for plants and trees, and ..."
- ^ Frommer's Portugal Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince - 2012 -- Page 294 "Though the monastery was abolished in 1834, the forest survived. Filled with natural spring waters, the earth bubbles with many cool fountains, the best known of which is Fonte Fria (cold fountain). "
- ^ VARELA GOMES, Paulo, «BUÇACO, o deserto dos Carmelitas Descalços», XM, Coimbra, 2005.