The Convento das Bernardas transformed the former Monastery of the Cistercian Order in Tavira into housing, which housed that religious order between the 16th and 19th centuries. The rehabilitation was carried out based on a project by the renowned architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize.

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The old Convento das Bernardas has been rehabilitated under the magical hand of Portuguese Architect Eduardo Souto Moura integrating old architectural components with new simplistic design characteristic of his work.

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The Convento das Bernardas transformed the former monastery of the Cistercian order in Tavira into a residence that housed this religious order between the 16th and 19th centuries. The renovation was carried out according to a project by the renowned architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize.

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