Military Hospital

The old Military Hospital (Messe Militar) is the largest building and luminous in Infante Square, its spotless white painted facade dazzles. It's a civic building built in the XVIII-XIX centuries for military purposes. In 1490 it was the original City Hall (the Pacos do Concelho) and in 1696 the convent and hospital of San Juan de Dios. After the Lisbon earthquake the current building was constructed with various bodies arranged around a central courtyard.