Convento de Santa Clara - Amarante, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 41° 16.169 W 008° 04.769
29T E 577101 N 4569080
Library and ruins Heritage in Portugal
Waymark Code: WM16QEH
Location: Porto, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/17/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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PT: "Longa é a história do Mosteiro de Santa Clara. No século XIII, em ano incerto, é fundado por D. Mafalda, infanta de Portugal. Sabe-se que, em 1272, estava já a funcionar em pleno. O pequeno mosteiro viria, depois, a adotar a Ordem de Santa Clara.

A violência das batalhas entre as tropas napoleónicas e as forças anglo-lusas, durante as invasões francesas pesou muito no mosteiro. As chamas que o exército francês ateou nos combates consumiram o mosteiro. Só a igreja escapou incólume.

Depois de um longo processo de reedificação, as religiosas voltariam a ocupar o mosteiro. Outra reviravolta, porém, estava para chegar. Em 1833, proíbem-se novas admissões ao noviciado. Mais: um ano depois, extinguem-se as ordens religiosas em Portugal. O Mosteiro de Santa Clara inicia uma morte lenta que chega em 1862, com a transferência da última religiosa para o Mosteiro de Santa do Porto.

O edifício seria vendido em hasta pública e, pouco a pouco, convertido na Casa da Cerca por um emigrante português no Brasil. Tratava-se de uma residência particular, que, depois de algumas transformações, manteve na designação a memória da cerca monástica.

Do conjunto monástico original, resta pouco mais do que um templo parcialmente demolido. Fisicamente, o mosteiro, tal como era conhecido na fase inicial, desapareceu. Mas há algo que ainda hoje se associa ao mosteiro; algo que faz as delícias dos amarantinos e dos visitantes – os doces conventuais, difundidos pelas freiras do ramo feminino da Ordem Mendicante Franciscana, devotas de Santa Clara. Hoje, a doçaria é uma referência na cultura e na gastronomia de Amarante."

EN: "
The violence of the battles between Napoleonic troops and Anglo-Portuguese forces during the French invasions weighed heavily on the monastery. The flames that the French army ignited in the fighting consumed the monastery. Only the church escaped unscathed.

After a long rebuilding process, the nuns would once again occupy the monastery. Another twist, however, was to come. In 1833, new admissions to the novitiate were prohibited. More: a year later, the religious orders in Portugal are extinguished. The Monastery of Santa Clara begins a slow death that arrives in 1862, with the transfer of the last religious to the Monastery of Santa do Porto.

The building would be sold at public auction and, little by little, converted into Casa da Cerca by a Portuguese emigrant in Brazil. It was a private residence, which, after some transformations, kept in its name the memory of the monastic fence.

Of the original monastic ensemble, little more than a partially demolished temple remains. Physically, the monastery, as it was known in the initial phase, disappeared. But there is something that is still associated with the monastery today; something that delights both the people of Amarante and the visitors – the convent sweets , spread by the nuns of the female branch of the Franciscan Mendicant Order, devotees of Santa Clara. Today, the confectionery is a reference in the culture and gastronomy of Amarante."

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