Name: Ruins of Nossa Senhora do Loreto Convent
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SimonWicart

June 26, 2023

To the south of Santiago do Cacém, ruins recall the presence of the convent of Our Lady of Loreto, built in the 15th century. In addition to its historical aspect, the old stones bring during the summer a pleasant freshness which invites to the pause and the contemplation.

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Kathrin

November 13, 2018

The Convent of Our Lady of Loreto was founded in the second half of the 15th century by D. Catarina de Noronha, wife of Pedro Pantoja, commander of Santiago do Cacém. The monastery was built on the site where there was a small hermitage, already dedicated to the patron saint.

This convent complex was intended to house a Franciscan community of 12 friars whose structures were remodeled and expanded during the reign of King Manuel. A single-nave temple with four side chapels also belonged to the cloister. Little remains of the monastery as the building was sold to private individuals in 1834 after the religious orders died out, whose neglect led to progressive ruin.

Some of the Manueline decorative elements are deposited in the Archaeological Museum of Sines. Catherine Oliveira

Source patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/patrimonio/patrimonio-imovel/pesquisa-do-patrimonio/classificado-ou-em-vias-de-classificacao/geral/view/71344

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JakobusPilger

July 9, 2025

Only sparse ruins remain at this site today, testifying to the monastery that once stood here, a place of lived faith for several centuries. User @Kathrin has already written a detailed post about the history, citing sources. Perhaps an explanation of the patronage is also interesting: people entrusted themselves to the Mother of God of Loreto.

Loreto is an international Marian pilgrimage site in central Italy (the Marche region). The House of Mary, formerly located in Nazareth (Israel), is venerated there. It was probably dismantled and brought to Europe by crusaders at the end of the 13th century, when the era of Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land came to an end. However, this very rational assumption is contradicted by a much more interesting legend: According to this legend, four angels carried out the translation of the "Santa Casa" by flying the building across the Mediterranean.

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