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Monastery of Nossa Sra. da Assunção
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The Monastery of Nossa Sra. da Assunção is located in Tabosa do Carregal, in the parish of Carregal. It was founded in 1692 and was the last Cistercian monastery to be created in Portugal and the 12th female monastery of the Cistercian Order in the country. Founded by D. Maria Pereira, with the aim of welcoming discalced or recollected nuns who professed the rules of St. Bernard with devotion and piety, it was the real impetus for the growth of the village of Tabosa do Carregal.
Granite is the dominant element throughout the building and also in the houses that surround it. Imposing, the monastery fell into ruin with the extinction of the religious orders in 1834. Most of the building's most interesting features collapsed. The Tower of the Belvedere, the Portico and the Church, which is now used by the people for religious ceremonies, escaped. Within the walls of this convent a unique recipe was born, called Fálgaro, made with fresh goat's or cow's cheese, eggs and unleavened flour.
Every year, at the time of the feast in honor of São Brás, the village oven is lit to make the Fálgaros and the act takes on a festive and traditional feel. The Fálgaros are a hallmark of Sernancelhense gastronomy, and their recipe was born inside the convent where the "Valeroso Milagre" took place, a work by Aquilino Ribeiro, the son of the land who is also largely responsible for immortalizing this delicacy and many of our customs.
