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Igreja e Convento de Santa Teresa<br />

Church and Convent of Santa Teresa<br />

exata <strong>da</strong> substituição do<br />

hospício pelo convento e<br />

igreja definitivos, erguidos em<br />

lugar mais alto. Documentos<br />

de 1680 já se referiam à<br />

construção, mas notificavam<br />

que havia poucas esmolas<br />

para prossegui-la. Sem<br />

nenhum fun<strong>da</strong>mento ou prova,<br />

diversos autores atribuem o<br />

traço ao arquiteto beneditino<br />

frei Macário de São João. Dos<br />

materiais empregados na<br />

construção, sabe-se que<br />

algumas pedras, como as dos<br />

púlpitos, vieram de Portugal.<br />

A maior parte, porém, foi<br />

obti<strong>da</strong> no local. Havia uma<br />

pedreira ao pé <strong>da</strong> ladeira <strong>da</strong><br />

Preguiça e, segundo alguns<br />

autores, os religiosos armaram<br />

ali o seu guin<strong>da</strong>ste para<br />

transporte de materiais.<br />

Em 1686, já em maior<br />

número, os frades puderam<br />

passar para o novo convento.<br />

A nova igreja, porém, só ficou<br />

pronta em fins do século XVII,<br />

quando foi aberta em<br />

homenagem à padroeira, Santa<br />

Teresa d’Ávila. Era então prior<br />

frei Antônio de São José.<br />

Nessa ocasião, fez-se o<br />

traslado <strong>da</strong> imagem de Nossa<br />

Senhora <strong>da</strong>s Mercês, hoje na<br />

pequena capela de saí<strong>da</strong> do<br />

hospice was replaced by the<br />

definitive convent and church,<br />

built in a higher location.<br />

Documents from as early as<br />

1680 mention its construction,<br />

but indicate that there were<br />

not enough alms for its<br />

completion. With no grounds<br />

or evidence, many authors<br />

attribute its blueprint to<br />

Benedictine architect Friar<br />

Macário de São João. It is<br />

known that some of the<br />

material used in its<br />

construction, such as the<br />

stones used in the pulpits,<br />

came from Portugal. Most of it,<br />

however, was obtained locally.<br />

There was a quarry at the foot<br />

of the Preguiça slope and,<br />

according to certain authors,<br />

the clergymen had set up a<br />

crane there to carry material.<br />

In 1686, the friars, by then<br />

in a larger number, were able<br />

to move into the new convent.<br />

The new church, however, was<br />

not ready until the late 17 th<br />

century, when it was<br />

inaugurated in honor of its<br />

patron, Saint Theresa of Avila.<br />

The prior was then Friar<br />

Antônio de São José. In this<br />

occasion, the image of Our<br />

Lady of Mercy was moved to<br />

the small chapel where it is

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