Francos Convent partially demolished
The religious building, abandoned since 2001, is undergoing works to create 15 homes. Porto City Council confirms the partial demolition of the city’s last cloistered convent.

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The religious building, abandoned since 2001, is undergoing works to create 15 homes. Porto City Council confirms the partial demolition of the city’s last cloistered convent.

Abandoned since 2001, the religious building is part of a development site that already contains other buildings.

The western area of the city, featuring disordered land, illegal construction, and degraded municipal neighbourhoods, yet with good access and a riverside with great development potential. The eastern side of Setúbal is resurging, drawing an easy analogy to the work that began four decades ago in the eastern area of Lisbon, now known as Parque das Nações. Maria das Dores ...
