Convento dos Lóios, Évora
Just east of the Roman temple in Évora is the Convento dos Lóios, a 15th-century monastery with a notable church and cloister, part of which is now a hotel.
The Convento dos Lóios was built between 1485 and 1491 and much altered in the following centuries. The Manueline porch was part of the original building, and bears the arms of the de Melos who founded the church and chose to be buried there.
Parts of the former convent have been converted into a pousada, and the beautiful cloister now serves as a charming garden for its guests, with the restaurant located in the galleries. The former chapterhouse, through the cloister, has Manueline stellar vaulting. The Biblioteca Pública, the public library, is in another part of the building and contains about 2,000 incunabula and manuscripts.
Sources
- Évora - Convento dos Lóios - PlanetWare
- Reviews of the Pousada dos Lóios (hotel in part of the Convento) - TripAdvisor
