"São Joaneira" Crime do padre Amaro - Eça de Queiroz - Leiria - Literary Sites on Waymarking.com

This is the place where Padre Amaro lived during his stay in Leiria.
It was here that he met Amélia, the cause of his crime.
The inn was called São Joaneira or House of Augusta Caminha.

The author lived in this house, and that inspired him to write and set the novel here.

Short Description: This is where it happend. The real inn. Book Title: O Crime do Padre Amaro First Year Published: 1875 Author's Name: Eça de Queiroz Name of Waymarked Item: Inn São Joaneira Location of Item: Leiria More Information: When José Maria de Eça de Queiroz arrived in Leiria, in 1870, to take up the post of administrator of Leiria’s District, he found accommodation in the house of D. Isabel Jordão, at no. 13 of the Travessa da Tipografia (Printing Press Lane). He wrote here almost all of his collaboration with Ramalho Ortigão in “The Mystery of Sintra Road” and probably the first sketches of his first great novel "The Crime of Father Amaro”. In this novel the house is described as D. Augusta Caminha’s house, who was called Joaneira Admission Price?: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: [Web Link]

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