Church · completed 1457; Baroque portal 1697; gilt woodwork 18th c.
Church of Santa Clara
Igreja de Santa Clara
The Franciscan Poor Clares leave their old monastery for the new church and convent by the wall.
Stories
The Poor Clares move in 1457
The Franciscan Poor Clares leave their old monastery for the new church and convent by the wall.
A mass every day 1645
A granite slab orders a daily mass for the soul of the abbot of Vandoma, buried here.
Hidden saints uncovered 2016-2021
A five-year restoration with about a hundred specialists finds old painted panels of saints hidden beneath later work.