"I even say, 'this is where I got my university degree'… I always say, 'this is where I took my course,' when I come in here. The upper part… I really like coming here; when I do, I always talk about the same things (…) this is where I learned letters, with my friends, with the teachers. I think it is a monument of great historical value (…)."

(Lizete Cabrita, former student at the primary school in the Convent between 1956–1960)