Vila do Conde, Portugal
River Ave and side facade of the Convent of Santa Clara. Legend has it that the windows were barred so that the novices would not jump out of them...
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Taken on Saturday June 17, 2023
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Posted on Tuesday June 27, 2023
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elvigiadelosamanecer… said:
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Annemarie said:
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Ecobird said:
Is it still a convent? It is quite sad if the legend is true that the windows were barred to prevent novices from jumping out of the windows. It must have been quite a harsh existence and quite isolating I would imagine then.
Beautifully captured
Paulo Moreira replied to Ecobird:
Originally it was built as a convent, and functioned as such until 1892. It was later transformed into a prison (I think that's where the bars on the windows appear...) which in turn closed in the seventies having been closed and a little abandoned until half a dozen years ago. Now it has been granted for fifty years to the company that will open the hotel. I hope the legend is just a legend and that the nuns never threw themselves out of windows...
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