The Church of Grace was founded as a convent in 1511. In 1834, with the extinction of the Order in its possession, the Convent of Grace was nationalized and converted into barracks. The building fell into ruins and in 1884 the vault of the church collapsed. The exterior of the building was finally restored in the second half of the 20th century. The church is an important religious monument of the Renaissance in the city of Évora.
The cathedral of Évora was built between 1186 and 1250 and mixes Romanesque and Gothic architecture. However, plateresque elements were added in the 15th and 16th centuries (choir, pulpit, baptistery...), as well as some baroque elements (carved altarpieces). It is said that the flags of Vasco de Gama's fleet were blessed here in 1497.
The Convent of Santo António da Piedade, is located within the Forte de Santo António, an old fort built in the 1650s to protect the town of Évora.
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