Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Jesus
The Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Jesus anchors Largo de Jesus, a site that links worship, science, and the afterlife of a 17th‑century convent complex. The earlier church was built in 1615, and the Convento de Jesus was inaugurated in 1632—a timeline that helps explain why this small square carries such long institutional memory. After the 1755 Lisbon earthquake destroyed the earlier church, reconstruction began immediately, supervised by frei Manuel do Cenáculo and supported by the marquês de Pombal, before the current church was ultimately built in the 18th century on the ruins. Religious orders were dissolved in 1834, and the convent church was reconverted into the parish church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês, a role it still performs. …
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