Lagos - a city with a rich history, it is not surprising that it is filled with beautiful monuments that mark the historical events in the life of the city. Among these monuments should be noted the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, which is located near the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The building is located along Rua Joao Bonanza, but the entrance to the monastery located on the street Largo Vasco Gracias.

The monastery was built in the Baroque style. Construction of the monastery's church was begun in 1463 on the initiative of Cristobal Dias. In those days, the monastery belonged to the Order of Carmelites and was second on the Order's convent in Portugal. Lagos has been selected for construction, because in those days it was the development of settlement in the Algarve.

XV century - a period when it was built by the Carmelite Monastery, considered a golden age for the city. With its location, the city was the largest port, as well as the center of trade in iron, gold, silver. In 1755 the monastery was destroyed during the Lisbon earthquake. 22 nuns were killed and about 50 were injured nuns. The epicenter of the earthquake occurred just south of Lagos, almost all villages and towns of the Algarve have been destroyed. Follow the earthquake flooding also caused considerable damage to the building of the monastery. The building was restored, the work takes Lourenco de Santa Maria, Bishop of the Algarve. In 1833 the monastery was closed.

In the middle of the XIX century the monastery was given to the municipality of Lagos. The building of the monastery was damaged again when there was an earthquake in 1969 and was again restored. Recent restoration works were carried out in 2004. The facade of the church is quite simple, the roof is made in the form of a dome. Inside the church has one nave, small ornaments, quite ascetic.