Carmo Church

This church is on the outskirts of the historical district, in the parish of São Vicente, almost next to the Municipal Market. It was part of a former Carmelite convent founded in 1635, but with the extinction of the religious order it was used as a military hospital, then a school, only the church was kept. Its facade is the work of Moura Coutinho, completed in 1911, that has a peculiar pyramidal structure with a central bell tower that rises above the roof, topped by a dome with lantern on with a sculpture of Virgen del Carmen. The church has a Latin cross plan, nave, choir loft (2 organs) and 2 side chapels.