December 14th: Convento do Carmo, from Choose a Way Lisbon

(This is an excerpt from the newest Choose a Way book. More on that in a second.)

Convento do Carmo (Carmelites Convent)

Largo do Carmo, 1200-092 Lisboa

(GPS: 38.712136, -9.140230 – link to Google Maps)

Admission: 3.50 – open 10am-6pm everyday (until 7pm June to September)

The urban legend surrounding the Carmo Convent’s ruins is almost as old as the church itself. Locals were lead to believe that the church was left ruined after the 1755 Great Earthquake as a reminder of the effects o...