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monastery. In 1516, Vila do Conde was also granted a royal charter. In 1517, the convent was reformed by the friar Francisco Lisboa, nominated by papal bull in 1515, according to requests by king Manuel I. The Abbess Joana de Meneses resisted and was obliged to move to another convent, and nuns from the Nossa Senhora da Conceição convent in
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The large historical complex includes the Gothic Santa Clara Church (1318), nearby Manueline late Gothic constructions and the current proper monastery, built in the early phase of the neoclassical style in 1777. The Monastery is located in a hilltop and includes large walls that protect the
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In the 15th and 16th centuries, several disputes arose, due to the monastery's wealth and jurisdictions. In 1514, King Manuel granted a new charter to Povoa de Varzim, in which the financial part of the ancient royal charter was changed and created new mechanisms for the jurisdiction of the
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It is a very austere and monumental building that, partly, reminds other Poor Clare's architecture in other locations in Portugal, especially in the western façade, where the
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The internal organization of the community was established in rulings by the founders, in which they donated several villas and hamlets in
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The monastery's construction began in 1318 by Afonso Sanches, bastard son of King
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replaced them, including the new abbess, Isabel de Castro.
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was one of the biggest and richest feminine convents in
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Christian monasteries established in the 14th century
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Vila do Conde
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Afonso Sanches
Santa Clara Aqueduct
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Clarisses
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