Carmo convent

The Convento do Carmo de Lisboa is a former

convent of the Order of Carmelites of the Former
Observance located in Largo do Carmo and was
erected, overlooking Rossio (Praça de D. Pedro
IV), on the hill opposite the Castelo de São Jorge,
in the city and district of Lisbon, in Portugal.

The complex, which was once the capital's main

Gothic church, and which, due to its grandeur and
monumentality, competed with the Cathedral of
Lisbon itself, was in ruins due to the earthquake
of 1755, and was not rebuilt. It constitutes one of
the main testimonies of the catastrophe still
visible in the city. Today the ruins house the
Archaeological Museum of Carmo.
It is possible that the ruin of the Convento do
Carmo and the neighboring Convento da
Trindade, during that earthquake, was at the origin
of the popular expression: "Cair o Carmo ea
Trindade".