Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco
Monastery in Portugal
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Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco is a former Carmelite monastery in the Mata Nacional do Buçaco (Buçaco Forest) protected forest of the Serra do Buçaco, Portugal.
| Santa Cruz do Buçaco Convent | |
|---|---|
Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco | |
 Preserved chapel of the Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco beside the Palace Hotel. | |
 Interactive map of the Santa Cruz do Buçaco Convent area | |
General information | |
| Type | Convent |
Architectural style | Manueline |
| Location | Mealhada, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 40°22′34″N 8°21′56″W |
| Groundbreaking | 1628 |
Construction started | 1628 |
Completed | 1630 |
| Affiliation | Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | National Monument |
| Designated | 15 June 2018 |
| Reference no. | IPA.00005690 |
| References | |
| http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/site/app_pagesuser/sipa.aspx?id=5690 | |
It was constructed in 1628.[1] It closed in 1834 following the suppression of male religious orders and dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal at the end of the Portuguese Civil War.[2]
Most of the buildings were demolished and the stones were reused in the Palace Hotel of Buçaco.[3] However the chapel of the convent, with Baroque altarpieces, remains beside the hotel.