[1][2][3] Gaspar dos Reis Pinto and his wife Isabel Fernandes verbally promised land to the Franciscans of Salvador in 1629 for the construction of a convent.

[2] The Church and Convent of Saint Antony is built on two stories and has a single nave, chancel, and transverse sacristy.

[2][3] The nave has twenty-four figurative azulejos tile panels representing all sixteen miracles of Saint Anthony.

The chancel has a jacaranda railing, a marble floor with diamond geometric shapes, and a barrel vault ceiling with a medallion.

[3] Entry to the Church and Convent of Saint Antony and Chapel of the Third Order has been prohibited by the State of Bahia due to the instability of the structure.