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formed a commission to survey the condition of the convent and church; the commission demolished the convent and sold both the building materials and interior elements of the building. The commission lacked the funds to demolish the church and sold the property to José Mariano Filho in 1916. Mariano
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Construction began in 1658 and the church was consecrated in 1660; it was likely not fully completed at this point. Completion of the church likely dates to 1686, as evidenced by a marker located at the entrance of the convent with the date. Construction of the church and convent are similar to that
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The frontispiece is in the
Baroque style and faces the river. It has a wide covered gallery with five semi-circular arches, three of them occupied by wooden doors. Five choir windows are above the portals. In contrast, the façades of the convent and the Church of the Third Order are, in comparison,
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A multi-level garden extends from the quay up to the entrance of the church. The walls on either side of the garden are decorated with large volutes and other
Baroque decorative elements. A large cross sits in the church garden on the second level from the quay. It has a monumental pedestal in the
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far from the city center of
Cachoeira. Access to the church and convent was by river for much of its history; roads to the community of Iguape were only constructed later. The church and convent is set back from the Iguape on a slight embankment, but a single wing of the convent extends out to the
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The frontispiece of the Church of Saint Antony represented a new design; it spread widely to
Franciscan churches in the Northeast of Brazil. Its design, closely following the independence of the Franciscans in Brazil from those in Portugal, was like a "resounding like a cry for freedom."
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The
Convent and Church of Saint Antony is a large-scale complex consisting of a two-story church, convent, and garden that leads to the mooring. Its walls are of mixed masonry. The church and convent has a stone quay on the Iguape; the quay it is still active.
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allowed a commission to demolish and sell the contents of the 1915; it lacked the funds to demolish the church, but sold its contents to José Mariano Filho in 1916. The monumental façade of the church served as a model for
Baroque churches across the
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shape of a polyhedron. The pedestal is of sandstone and richly decorated in stylized floral, shell, seashell, tropical fruit, and mask motifs. The courtyard of the convent sat on the other side of the wall that extends to the water.
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The convent consisted of two courtyards, one lower and one higher towards the convent. The conical hooded chimney of the kitchen remains. A well was located at the far end of the convent; an aqueduct delivered water to the kitchen.
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A veranda once extended from the top of the wing that extends to the river; it was called "the best and only source of pleasure for the friars in this house".
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