Example sentences for: convento

How can you use “convento” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Convent of Our Lady of the Assumption), which contains the most beautiful cloister in southern Portugal.

  • The road separating Quinta das Cruzes from the Convento leads to a lookout point with a view over the town, the port, and the dome of the English Church.

  • Behind crenellated walls, the outstanding 12th-century Convento do Cristo is one of the highlights of central Portugal.

  • Across the river are the Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Claire Convent, long under extensive restoration aimed at rescuing it from the river), where the lifeless Inês de Castro was crowned (see page 45), and the newer, uphill Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova (New Convent), where the silver tomb of Isabel, the sainted queen of Dom Dinis, is located.

  • The inn now occupying the 14th-century Convento de Flôr da Rosa is extraordinary.


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