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Convent Of The Incarnation (Lisbon)
The Convent of the Incarnation (), or the Monastery of the Incarnation of the Commandery of St. Benedict of Avis (), is a former convent, constructed in 1630, and located in the parish of Arroios, Lisboa, Portugal. Since 1996, it has been classified as a "Property of Public Interest". Background At the time of its construction in 1630, during the reign of Philip II of Portugal, the land belonged to Archbishop Aleixo de Meneses. The Commandery of the Military Order of Military Order of St. Benedict of Aviz had used the convent as a meetinghouse. Later in 1643, the Brothers of the Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament began operating in the convent church. In 1734, it suffered from a fire. The nuns relocated to the St. Anthony convent following the Earthquake of 1755, which destroyed parts of the building but returned in 1758 after the restoration was completed. After the expulsion of religious orders in 1834, it was occupied by the Honorary Commanders of the Order of Avis un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest (heraldry), crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Roll of arms, Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a nobility, noble family, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolution Of The Monasteries In Portugal
The dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal was a nationalization of the property of male monastic orders effected by a decree of 28 May 1834 enacted by Joaquim António de Aguiar at the conclusion of the Portuguese Civil War. Portugal thus terminated the state sanction of male religious orders, and nationalized the lands and possessions of over 500 monasteries. The new government hoped to re-distribute land and property among the poorer landowners, but there were few who could buy. Background Although monasteries in Portugal are historically seen to have been crucial centres of religious and intellectual life, they were not immune to controversy. For one, beginning in the 17th century, there was already some emerging concern about the effects that the surge in novices had on the Portuguese economy. There was also a growing distance between the monasteries and secular political life which furthered their controversial status in the country. The suppression of the monasteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Buildings And Structures Completed In 1630
Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or religious organization, organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendence (religion), transcendental, and spirituality, spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
