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The Convent of São José ((ポルトガル語:Convento de São José)) is a former convent and current cultural centre of Lagoa, situated in the civil parish of Lagoa e Carvoeiro, urbanized part of the city of Lagoa, Portugal. Built on the north edge of the old quarter, with its belvedere tower straddling the main road north to Silves, it hosts exhibitions of painting, photography, sculpture and pottery, as well as various shows and discussions in its auditorium. ==History== The convent appears to have been founded sometime between 1710 and 1713 (it is known to be in existence in 1730),〔''Memórias Paroquiais de 1758'', vol. 19, pp. 85-91.〕 by members of the Carmelite order of nuns, who fostered and educated abandoned girls. There still exists a (now disused) “baby wheel” or “foundling wheel” in the convent for the anonymous relinquishing of unwanted babies.〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.2-3〕The original building was seriously damaged in the 1755 earthquake〔 and was rebuilt thereafter.〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.6〕 In 1834 the government of Portugal suppressed all religious orders and monastic houses in the country.〔 The institution continued to function as a foster home, probably as an “Association of Poor Girls”.〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.6-7.〕 In 1876, after church-state relations had been more or less normalized, the convent was re-opened as a girl’s school by a number of Third Order Dominican Sisters (or non-cloistered nuns).〔 The establishment was well supported both in terms of recruitment and money by the local community.〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.7〕 (While the law still forbade cloistered convents, “third order” institutions – including schools – under the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical dioceses were allowed.)〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.9〕 The school normally had about 30 boarders and 60 day students.〔João Evangelista de Lima Vidal, ''Dona Teresa de Saldanha e as suas Dominicanas'' (Cucujães, 1938).〕 After the founding of the Portuguese First Republic in 1910, there was a formal separation of church and state under which the state took over all educational functions; the Convent was closed and the building came into the hands of the ''Comissão Jurisdicional dos Bens das Extintas Congregações Religiosas'' (''Legal Commission for the Assets of Extinct Religious Congregations'').〔 At that time the São José convent was the only one in the Algarve. Much of the contents were sold or stolen; very few remain in Lagoa today.〔〔Marques, pp. 9, 11.〕 In 1924 the building and grounds were purchased from the ''Comissão'' by the town of Lagoa which used it as a primary school up until the 1970s when a new purpose-built school was opened. At various times space in the convent was used for public offices – offices for the civil parish of Lagoa e Carvoeiro, for the engineering and service departments – and for storage. The chapel was used as the Civil Registry Office up to about 1940〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.11/13〕 after which it was restored and used for religious services.〔 In 1961-1963 it functioned as the main town church while the principal church (Igreja Matriz) was being renovated. Services ended in the chapel in 1974 due to reduced attendance.〔〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.13〕 The chapel was renovated in 1989 at which time whatever of the original furnishings could be found were also restored and returned.〔 The rest of the building was restored during 1992 and 1993 and the complex was re-opened on 27 May 1993 as the town’s cultural centre.〔José Inácio Marques (1995), p.2/13-14〕 Part of the old building was appropriated by the civil parish authority of Lagoa e Carvoeiro where it continues to operate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Convent of São José, Lagoa (Algarve)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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