The Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Portuguese: Igreja e Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo) is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church and former convent in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The complex is adjacent to the Church of the Third Order of Mount Carmel. The Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1938 and is part of the Historic Center of Salvador UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1][2][3]
| Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
|---|---|
Igreja e Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo | |
.jpg) Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic |
| Rite | Roman |
| Location | |
| Municipality | Salvador |
| State | Bahia |
| Country | Brazil |
  Location of the Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Brazil  Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (South America) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 12°58′07″S 38°30′26″W / 12.968559°S 38.50721°W |
| Architecture | |
| Date established | 1711 |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Designated | 1938 |
| Reference no. | 90 |
History
editMembers of the Carmelite Order arrived in Bahia in the 1580s. They built a convent in 1586 on Mount Calvário, a small hill overlooking the Bay of All Saints north the small settlement of Salvador. It was built outside the protective walls of the small settlement. After the Dutch occupation of Brazil (1630–1654) the Portuguese used the church as a gunpowder storehouse and the church as a barracks. A new convent, the existing structure, dates to 1681.[1]
Location
editThe Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is located at the north of the Historic Centre of Salvador. It sits on Rua do Carmo, a cobblestone street, in the Santo Antônio Além do Carmo district. The church is adjacent to the Church of the Third Order of Mount Carmel.[2][3]
Structure
editChurch
editThe Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel has a single nave and layout typical of 17th-century church architecture in Bahia. The church has a single bell tower to the left of the façade and a three wide portals. Three windows at the choir level correspond to the portals below. The high altar of the church has a silver front that dates to the 18th century, but the church was largely redesigned and renovated in the neoclassical style in the early 19th century. Lioz limestone was imported from Portugal at great expense, and like other churches of the Historic Center of Salvador was utilized in the flooring, stoups, baptismal font, and other elements of the interior of the church. The Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel has a sacristy in the rococo style.[4]
Convent
editThe Convent Our Lady of Mount Carmel occupies the majority of the complex. The convent has two cloisters; the smaller dates to the 17th century and the larger to the second half of the 18th century. The convent has two stories that overlook the cloister.
Protected status
editThe Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, both the structure and its contents, was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1938 under inscription number 90.
Access
editThe Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is open to the public and may be visited.
References
edit- ^ a b Lins, Eugénio Ávila (2013). "Igreja e Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ a b "Igreja e Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ^ a b Secretaria da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1997). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. Vol. 1 (3 ed.). Salvador, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria e Comércio. pp. 19–20.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Silva, Zenaide C. G. (2017). "Lioz—a Royal Stone in Portugal and a Monumental Stone in Colonial Brazil". Geoheritage. 11 (1): 165–175. doi:10.1007/s12371-017-0267-7. ISSN 1867-2477. S2CID 133745069.
