Mosteiro da Luz

Mosteiro da Luz (Luz Monastery) belongs to Ordem das Irmãs Concepcionistas, who are nuns living in confinement. It is home to Museu de Arte Sacra (Sacred Art Museum), whose collection is comprised mostly of furniture, golden and silver objects and paintings and sculptures from the colonial period. Frei Galvão's remains, the monastery's founder, are there.

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Mosteiro da Luz

Av. Tiradentes, 676/688

Phone:
(55 11) 3311.8745