Jerónimos III
On July 3, 1780, during the reign of D. Maria I, in the context of social problems arising from the earthquake of 1755 that devastated the city of Lisbon, Casa Pia de Lisboa was founded on the initiative of Diogo Inácio de Pina Manique. installed in the Castle of S. Jorge receives children, orphans and abandoned, as well as beggars and prostitutes, in different sectors.
Thirteen years after its foundation, in 1793, Casa Pia de Lisboa, from the humble gathering of orphaned and abandoned children, had been transformed into a large Institution of Social Solidarity, a modern school with more than a thousand students. As a result of the French invasions and the occupation of Lisbon by the Napoleonic armies, Junot installed his troops in the Castle. The children of Casa Pia were displaced and distributed to nursing homes, parishes and convents. Others simply stayed on the street.