Classified as Monument of Public Interest
Mannerist building with sober design improved by the cadence of the facades, organized in 3 bodies of different sizes. Built in 1659 to be the hospital for the wounded soldiers of the Restoration wars, afterwards it was in charge of the members of the order São João de Deus till 1716. In 1805, after multiple occupations for several purposes, it was donate to Santa Casa da Misericórdia to house the hospital; the French Invasions in 1808 took it again from that institution, that recovered it in 1874 after a series of other purposes and occupants. Since its origins it has undergone lots of changes, for instance the restoration of 1787 / 1795 using stones from three towers of the old town walls, when the oratory and the chapel were demolished and the image of the patron saint was transferred to the chapel Capela de Nossa Senhora da Lapa. One can point out the frontispiece enriched by a small sculptural group of niche, the image of the old patron saint and some heraldic elements.
Location: Ponte de Lima
Mannerist building with sober design improved by the cadence of the facades, organized in 3 bodies of different sizes. Built in 1659 to be the hospital for the wounded soldiers of the Restoration wars, afterwards it was in charge of the members of the order São João de Deus till 1716. In 1805, after multiple occupations for several purposes, it was donate to Santa Casa da Misericórdia to house the hospital; the French Invasions in 1808 took it again from that institution, that recovered it in 1874 after a series of other purposes and occupants. Since its origins it has undergone lots of changes, for instance the restoration of 1787 / 1795 using stones from three towers of the old town walls, when the oratory and the chapel were demolished and the image of the patron saint was transferred to the chapel Capela de Nossa Senhora da Lapa. One can point out the frontispiece enriched by a small sculptural group of niche, the image of the old patron saint and some heraldic elements.
Location: Ponte de Lima
