Church · 1452–1464; remodelled 2nd half 16th c.
Convent of Santa Clara
Convento de Santa Clara de Évora
Bishop Vasco Perdigão buys the old Paço dos Falcões and starts a convent for the Poor Clares.
Stories
A bishop buys a falcon house 1452-1459
Bishop Vasco Perdigão buys the old Paço dos Falcões and starts a convent for the Poor Clares.
Consecrated 1464
The convent is consecrated and the nuns move in.
Treasures hidden under old cloth 1903
When the convent closes, its precious altar cloths survive, luckily covered by plain old fabric.