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The Convent of São Francisco do Monte is a historic Franciscan monastery in ruins located on the slopes of Mount Santa Luzia, in Viana do Castelo. It was built in the late 14th century founded by Gonçalo Marinho, (around 1392) a member of the Franciscan Order, it was one of the order’s first three monasteries. It reached the height of its splendor in the 16th century, when a major renovation transformed the monastery. The cloister and the church were built, creating a complex that bore witness to Franciscan life for generations. In 1569, the convent also became a novitiate, a function it maintained until 1625. During the liberal reforms of the 19th century, with the suppression of religious orders, the friars abandoned the convent. Its spaces were used for a brief period for agricultural purposes, while its decline slowly began. By the mid-20th century, all activity had ceased definitively. Today, amid trees, moss, and ruins, only fragments of that old convent remain. However, its stones still seem to hold the memory of those who walked its corridors and prayed within its walls. São Francisco do Monte did not disappear overnight. It was slowly lost, like so many other places that time has condemned to oblivion. It was abandoned in 1834 following the abolition of religious orders in the newly liberalized country, and subsequently passed through the hands of several private owners before falling into complete disrepair.
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