Treasure
The treasure contains a wealth of precious items:
- Clothing from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, either Portuguese or Oriental.
- Sumptuous objects used in religious services.
- A Hispano-Arab casket of the 10th century in Ivory.
- An Iron Cross before which Frei Henrique de Coimbra celebrated the first Mass in Brazil after the arrival of Pedro Álvares Cabral.
- Numerous objects of gold, silver and precious stones used for services, like crosses, chalices among others.
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