Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate

Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate
Igreja e Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora do Monte Serrat
Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate
Location of the Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate in Brazil
Basic information
Geographic coordinates 12°55′44″S 38°31′09″W / 12.92881°S 38.51928°W / -12.92881; -38.51928
Affiliation Catholic
Rite Roman
Municipality Salvador
State Bahia
Country Brazil
Heritage designation 1938
Ownership Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Date established 16th century
Designated 1938
Reference no. 574

The Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate (Portuguese: Igreja e Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora do Monte Serrat) is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church and monastery located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church and monastery are dedicated to Our Lady of Monserrate and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It is located 200 metres (660 ft) from the Small Fort of Our Lady of Monserrate (Fortim de Nossa Senhora de Monserrate) on a rock on the Itapagipe Peninsula. The date of construction of the structure is disputed; it dates to the 16th century, and has seen numerous alterations. The church was built either by the Spanish, or by the group that constructed the Garcia d'Ávila Tower House. Its design, along with that of numerous rural chapels of Bahia, is attributed to the Italian architect Baccio da Filicaia (1565-1628). The church interior was once lined entirely with 16th-century azulejos; now only a single strip of the tiles remain. The church was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1958.[1][2][3]

Protected status

The Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1938. Both the structure and its contents were included in the IPHAN directive under inscription number 79.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Carrazzoni, Maria Elisa (1987). Guia dos bens tombados Brasil (2a. ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Expressão e Cultura. pp. 109–110. ISBN 8520800920.
  2. ↑ Lins, Eugénio Ávila (2012). "Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ↑ Secretaria da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1975). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. 1 (2 ed.). Salvador, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria e Comércio. pp. 73–74.
  4. ↑ "Igreja e Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora do Monte Serrat" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
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