Sleeping in a factory: The Bernardine Convent Residence in Tavira (Portugal).

Abstract

Between 1820 and 1823, during the period known as the Trienio Liberal or Liberal Triennium, a legal process began in Portugal that was known as the “Confiscation,” which consisted of selling off part of the assets that belonged to the clergy, transforming them into national property. This process took place in different stages (1824-1834; 1834-1861) and included the property of the secular clergy during the nineteenth century, when uncultivated municipal and publicly owned lands were also put on sale from 1869 onwards.