Convent of Beja
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Museu Rainha Dona Leonor
Museu Rainha Dona Leonor ("Queen Eleanor Museum") is a museum housed in the former Convent of Beja, Portugal.[1]
Convent[]
The convent was founded in 1495. The convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a congregation of Poor Clares in Beja, was the setting for the romance between nun Mariana Alcoforado and a French officer, as retold in Mariana (1997) and other novels.
It serves now as the Beja Regional Museum.
References[]
- ^ Fodor's Portugal: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore -Fodor's - 2001 - Page 171 0679006761 "You can see Roman artifacts and other tokens of Beja's long history at the regional museum housed in the convent ..."
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Categories:
- Museums in Portugal
- National monuments in Beja District
- European museum stubs
- Portuguese building and structure stubs