In the history of Portugal, the motive of promise appears repeatedly - such 'something for something' with the absolute. At the end of the 14th century, when dies Ferdinand I, without a male descendant, claims to the crown are reported by the Castilian forces. The independence of the country is threatened.
To the action goes an excelente planner - Nuno Álvares Pereira. Using the support of the Grand Master of the Order of Avis, the future king of John the Good. Portugal won the battle in 14th August 1385. Before the fight, the strategist promised the Mother of God that he would fund the Carmelite monastery. He fulfilled his promise.
On the 1st November 1755, the world of Lisbon collapsed. The tragic earthquake, 9 magnitude on the Richter scale and subsequent disastrous tsunami ruined much of the capital and south coast of the country. It Gould seem that today this post-apocalyptic skeleton is supposed to rem ind us of the fragility of life and the powerful strength of nature.
The chuch building was handel over to the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists in 1864, who turned the ruins int archeological museum.
It is impossible not to be dumbstruck at the entrance, blinded by the Lisbon lights, we just try to imagine how could the chuch looked before
To the action goes an excelente planner - Nuno Álvares Pereira. Using the support of the Grand Master of the Order of Avis, the future king of John the Good. Portugal won the battle in 14th August 1385. Before the fight, the strategist promised the Mother of God that he would fund the Carmelite monastery. He fulfilled his promise.
On the 1st November 1755, the world of Lisbon collapsed. The tragic earthquake, 9 magnitude on the Richter scale and subsequent disastrous tsunami ruined much of the capital and south coast of the country. It Gould seem that today this post-apocalyptic skeleton is supposed to rem ind us of the fragility of life and the powerful strength of nature.
The chuch building was handel over to the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists in 1864, who turned the ruins int archeological museum.
It is impossible not to be dumbstruck at the entrance, blinded by the Lisbon lights, we just try to imagine how could the chuch look before.