Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco is a former

Carmelite monastery Carmelite Monastery (Sisters of Mercy Convent) is a historic monastery at 400 E. Carpenter Street in Stanton, Texas. It was built in 1882 and added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) ...

in the Mata Nacional do Buçaco (

Buçaco Forest Buçaco Forest () is an ancient, walled arboretum in the Centro Region, Portugal, Centro region of Portugal and home to one of the finest dendrological collections in Europe. The forest measures and covers an area of ; the perimeter wall is appro ...

) protected forest of the

Serra do Buçaco Serra do Bussaco ( ) is a mountain range in Portugal, formerly included in the province of Beira Litoral.Lonely Planet Portugal Regis St. Louis, Robert Landon – 2007 p316 Serra do Buçaco The highest point in the range is the Cruz Alta at 549 ...

, Portugal. It was constructed in 1628. It closed in 1834 following the suppression of male religious orders and

dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal The dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal was a nationalization of the property of male monastic orders effected by a decree of 28 May 1834 enacted by Joaquim António de Aguiar at the conclusion of the Portuguese Civil War. Portugal thus term ...

at the end of the

Portuguese Civil War The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War () and the War of the Two Brothers () was a civil war in Portugal that lasted from May 1828 to May 1834, fought between liberal progressive constitutionalists (led by former King Pe ...

. Most of the buildings were demolished and the stones were reused in the Palace Hotel of Buçaco.VARELA GOMES, Paulo, «BUÇACO, o deserto dos Carmelitas Descalços», XM, Coimbra, 2005. However the chapel of the convent, with Baroque altarpieces, remains beside the hotel.

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