Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos (, "Hospital of Saint Anthony of the Capuchins"), more commonly referred to simply as Hospital dos Capuchos, is a public
Central Hospital serving the
Greater Lisbon area as part of the
Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre (CHULC), a
state-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...
.
The complex results from several modifications of the former Convent of Saint Anthony of the Capuchins, established in 1579 and partially destroyed in the
1755 Lisbon earthquake
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with ...
. In 1836,
Queen Maria II converted the former convent into an Asylum for the Poor. In 1928, the Asylum was transferred to the town of
Alcobaça and the complex was repurposed into a hospital.
References
External links
Official site{{Hospitals in Lisbon
1928 establishments in Portugal
Hospitals in Lisbon