Church of Our Lady of Carmo
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
A Carmelite church completed in the 1660s, its blue-and-white tiles and gilded wooden altarpiece remarkably well preserved.
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was built by Carmelite friars in the 1660s and is one of the best-preserved colonial churches in Luanda. Its exterior is plain, but the interior is decorated with Portuguese-style blue-and-white tile murals and a gilded Baroque wooden altar, a striking contrast with the facade. In front of the church is a small square, with old streets of the lower town around it. Admission is free, opening times are irregular, and the church is easiest to enter before and after Mass.
Opening hours
Irregular (open before and after Mass)
Nearby sights
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Remedies
- Iron Palace
- National Bank of Angola Building
- National Museum of Natural History
- Marginal de Luanda (Avenida 4 de Fevereiro)
- National Museum of Anthropology
- Fortress of São Miguel
- Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto