page_title: Convent of São Gonçalo (Angra do Heroísmo)
section_title: Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Convent of São Gonçalo (Angra do Heroísmo) / Architecture / Interior
caption_attribution_description: Português: Convento de São Gonçalo, freguesia da Sé, cidade e concelho de Angra do Heroísmo, ilha Terceira, Açores.
context_page_description: The Convent of São Gonçalo is a Baroque-era convent and church in the historical centre of the city of Angra, civil parish of Sé, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the Portuguese island of Terceira, in the Azores.
  It is considered one of the oldest convents in the archipelago, historically housing hundreds of Clarisse sisters, and boasting a reputation for education and fine arts in the Azores, that included classes in music, choral, design, painting and the humanities.
context_section_description: Three gab s, two grilles and a wheel, allow contact between the novices and the community.
  The lower choir of the church is covered in slabs marked with the names of the sisters that were interred in the temple, with a processional image of Senhor dos Passos (Lord of Hosts) along the grid. The high choir is covered in gilded wood that permeates the structure, while the walls of the oratory (similarly covered in religious iconography) is covered in silver, likely retrieved from the old Convent of Jesus in Praia da Vitória, when the religious orders were extinguished. In the high choir are the choir stalls (or stacidia) of the congregation, with carved armrests consisting of mythical figures (including gryphons and chimeras). Within choir oculus are also a chinoiserie, a 17th-century organ and an exotic wood armoire.
  In the chancel's presbytery, in the Rococo style, there is a 16th-century sculpture of the Crucificado como Divino Imperador(Crucified as Divine Emperor) with a crown and sceptre in silver, over a silver-covered filigree cross, possibly attributed to Spanish or South American sculptors. In the niches of the prebystery are 17th-century images of Saint Francis of Assissi and his sister Saint Clare of Assissi.
  Paintings from the 18th century, framed in gilded-wood, flank each side of the altar: including to the right of the altar, the Menino entre os Doutores(Finding in the Temple), the Fuga para o Egipto (Flight into Egypt) and the Apresentação no Templo (Presentation of Jesus at the Temple); and to the left of the altar, the Visitação (Visitation), the Anunciação pelo Anjo (Annunciation) and the Casamento da Virgem (Marriage of the Virgin), located . The pulpit also in gilded wood, and its small staircase, is within the interior of the nave.
  The 17th-century decoration is also represented in the azulejo tile, attributed to José Meço and Teotónio dos Santos, disciple of António Bernardes, who completed their projects between 1720 and 1730. The four panels represent the story of Joseph (son of Jacob), starting from the left of the altar with Joseph and his flock, Joseph and his brothers, the well where he was imprisoned and the revelation to his father (Jacob); while to the right of the altar, the Pharoh's dream and Joseph's interpretation, while the last panel shows Joseph's triumph in Egypt. On the floor slab, close to the grid is a tombstone, sculpted in marble relief.
caption: The lateral facade showing the gilded wood pulpit and azulejo tile decorating the interior of the Church
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