Carmo Church

There are two churches here side-by-side with a 3 foot wide house connecting them. The left side is Igreja dos Carmelitas for the nuns. We toured the monks' Igreja do Carmo on the right side of the church as it was open. It was similar to the Sao Franciscan church and the brothers could choose to be buried below the church. Of particular interest was a room of a lot of relics including ones said to contain the bones of particular saints and one that had a certificate of authenticity from the 1700s said that it contained a tiny wooden cross made from the original Cross of Jesus. Also a room of vestments which outlined which colour of robe would be worn on which occasions (eg green was the everyday robe colour).Read more