Cemetery of Prado do Repouso

Cemetery of Prado do Repouso (Cemitério do Prado do Repouso)
Cemetery (Cemitério)
Official name: Cemitério do Prado do Repouso
Country  Portugal
Region Norte
Subregion Grande Lisboa
District Porto
Municipality Porto
Location Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória
 - coordinates Coordinates: 41°08′30″N 8°35′43.8″W / 41.14167°N 8.595500°W / 41.14167; -8.595500
Area 10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Architect Luigi Chiari, Joaquim da Costa Lima, Francisco Perry
Styles Neoclassical, Neo-Gothic
Materials Granite, Stucco, Marble
Origin 18th century
Owner Portuguese Republic
For public Public
Easiest access Sé, Rua de D. Hugo, 30-32
Management Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Operator Câmara Municipal de Porto
Status Unclassified
Listing Decree 129/77; Diário da República, Série 1, 226 (29 September 1977); Included in the Historic Centre of the City of Porto
Website: Official Site

The Cemetery of Prado do Repouso (Portuguese: Cemitério do Prado do Repouso) is a cemetery in the civil parish of Bonfim, in the Portuguese northern, municipality of Porto.

History

The lands, today occupied by the cemetery, were part of the bishop's Quinta do Prado in the 16th century.[1] The lands were part of an estate over the river, transformed by D. Frei Marcos of Lisboa, against the interests of the Portuense prelates, in order to shelter sick clerics or those that required respite from their works.[1] Unfortunately, the site was never used for this purpose.[1] The site had a small chapel dedicated to São Tomás, likely associated with bishop D. Tomás de Almeida, in addition to two mills alongside the meadow.[1]

In 1804, D. António de S. José e Castro, founded on the Quinta do Prado the Diocesanal Seminary of Porto.[1] At this time, construction on the church to the invocation of São Victor (today the actually cemetery chapel).[1][2]

Between 1832 and 1834, during the Liberal Wars, under the initiative of prelate D. João de Magalhães e Avelar, the site was abandoned and the buildings were burned-down during the encirclement of Porto.[1][2] In 1835, the regency began regulating and prohibiting burials inside churches and private cemeteries, with burials being regulated by the State.[1] On 3 April 1839, bishop D. Manuel de Santa Inês complained that he was not being able to dispose the property.[1][2][3] It was selected as a cemetery location during this era, owing to its position outside the urban area, it was already walled-in and landscaped for the purpose, in addition to annexes and ancillary buildings existed around it.[3] The municipal council authorized public works to adapt part of the meadow, cemetery and unfinished seminary lands.[1] The uncompleted church of São Victor, were incorporated into the lands destined for the cemetery and was renamed as the Capela do Cemitério do Prado do Repouso (Chapel of the Cemetery of Prado do Repouso).[1] The alterations were blessed and the first stone placed by D. Frei Manuel de Santa Inês.[1] In December, the site was inaugurated with the burial of the mortal remains of Francisco de Almada Mendonça (provedor between 1794-1804 of the private chapel of the Misericórdia of Porto.[1]

On 10 December 1896, a petition to construct a western chapel, to be consigned for the christian Order of Carmel.[1]

In 1922, António Maria Leite, made a request to construct the first chapel-tomb for his family.[1]

In 1989, the cemetery celebrated its 150 years of service.[1]

The chapel's interior was restored in 1998, that involved treatment, conservation and restoration of supports and stucco ornamental structures; the mural painting in the chancel and nave; the repairs to cornerstones; the gilding of woods and decorative polychromatic stuccoes; repair to stone pavement and of cast-iron elements and artistic joinery.[1] This also included the consolidation of traditional mortars and paint. Additional repairs were undertaken in 2018, that included works of conservation and restoration in exterior and interior.[1]

Architecture

The cemetery is located in an isolated urban area, implanted on a plain, delimited in the east by industrial buildings, to the north and west by residential buildings and south by a building of the Colégio dos Órfãos (orphan college).[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Filipe, Ana (2009), SIPA, ed., Cemitério do Prado do Repouso (IPA.00027402/PT011312020480) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 28 August 2018
  2. 1 2 3 "Prado do Repouso Chapel". explorebonfim.com. Bonfim (Porto). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Cemitério do Prado Repouso". Lonely Planet. Retrieved September 13, 2017.

Sources

  • Quaresma, Maria Clementina de Carvalho (1995), Inventário Artístico de Portugal, Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal
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