Article: The House of Mercy - For a New Interpretative Paradigm of Architecture Promoted by the Brotherhoods of Mercy in the 16th Century

The Casa da Misericórdia designates the buildings promoted by the confraternities of Misericórdia in the context of their charitable activity and embodies the architecture
built for the most significant assistive purpose during the Modern Age in Portugal.
Text by Joana Balsa de Pinho
[ART HISTORIAN, RESEARCHER;
CLEPUL–CENTER FOR LUSOPHONE AND EUROPEAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES/ARTIS–INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY, FACULTY OF LETTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON;
CIDH–INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE CHAIR FOR ATLANTIC ISLAND STUDIES AND GLOBALIZATION, OPEN UNIVERSITY]

Source: Solidarity City Magazine No. 36
Edition: SCML, 2016