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Lapa Church and Convent Description
On Avenida Joana Angélica, which runs uphill from Largo da Pólvora, are the Lapa church and convent (1744). Sister Joana Angélica was murdered here when she denied admittance to Portuguese troops searching for members of the Independência movement. The scallop-shaped high altar in the church is crowned by a baldachin.
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