Terceiros Museum

The current Terceiros Museum is on Avenida dos Plátanos on the River Lima. The valuable architectural complex consists of two churches, the late convent of Sto. Antonio dos Frades and the adjoining church of the Order of San Francisco Terceira. These buildings show the contrast between medieval art/monastic sobriety and the Baroque style of the Third Order of St. Francisco. It has noteworthy collections of paintings in a permanent exhibition of Sacred Art. In addition to the painting collections the museum has a set of religious sculpture, tiles and liturgical pieces. The tile sacristy panels allude