Madre de Deus Convent

The church is composed of the rectangular nave and the square main chapel, which adjusts to the size of the sacristy, built in the upper left angle in the shape of an inverted L. The main facade, erected on the side of the temple (as was common in the conventional female churches), is divided into three sections.

[2] The Convent of the Mother of God, or Royal Monastery of Enxobregas, was founded in 1509 by the initiative of the queen D. Leonor, wife of D. João II.

The church was closed to cult in 1868 with the intend to transform the temple into a museum.

Only in 1957-1958 the works were carried out to realize this project on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Birth of Queen Leonor.

[2] Media related to Mosteiro da Madre de Deus at Wikimedia Commons