1125 - Friar Teodoro de Melo read (in 1732) an inscription found on the walls of the Residential Manor, which he deemed as being a reference to the foundation of the Monastery of Saint Mary of Cárquere;

12th century (2nd quarter) - Foundation of the Monastery of Saint Mary of Cárquere;

1146 - In his will, D. Egas Moniz is likely to have left several legacies to the Monastery of Saint Mary of Cárquere;

12th/13th century - Construction of the monastic ensemble of Saint Mary of Cárquere, including the tower;

1279 - The Bull of Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280) confirms the autonomy and prerogatives of the Monastery of Cárquere;

13th/14th century - Construction of the Church's Gothic chancel;

1320 - The Monastery of Saint Mary of Cárquere was the only monastery held by the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine within the Diocese of Lamego;

15th century (1st half) - Possible construction of the Resendes pantheon;

16th century - Manueline transformation of the Church of Saint Mary of Cárquere;

1511 - The Monastery of Cárquere was handed over to the commendatory abbot Francisco Suzarte;

1541 - By order of King D. João III (1521-1557), Cárquere becomes part of the assets of the Society of Jesus;

1545-1560 - Mural painting campaign on the Church's volume;

1554 - Official Inquiry to the Monastery and its canons;

1562 - Cárquere is definitely handed over to the Society of Jesus;

1578 - The Bull of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) dissolves Cárquere's cloistered obligations and confirms the transfer of its rents from the prior and convent boards to the Jesuit College of Coimbra;

1600 - With the death of the vicar Baltasar Botelho, a dispute between the Jesuits and the bishop of Lamego breaks out over the ownership and presentation of the Church of Cárquere;

17th and 18th centuries - Design of Cárquere's altarpiece structures;

1759 - With the expulsion of the Jesuits and the confiscation of their assets, the monastic complex of Cárquere falls under the administration of the University of Coimbra;

1775-1797 - The inspectors make several complaints and admonitions concerning the state of disrepair of the complex of Cárquere and its liturgical furnishings;

1797 - Joaquim José, from Enxertado, and José Pinto de Figueiredo, from Paços, were hired to carry out thorough works in the ecclesiastical building's structure and annexes;

1798 - Upon a request by the Royal Council of the University, the parish priest of Cárquere prepared a comprehensive inventory of the furniture, implements and vestments, as well as of the incomes, expenses and a few statistical elements regarding the parish;

18th century (2nd half) - Walling up of the door that connected the priests' house with the Church's volume;

1806 - Repair works in the cloister, where a wall had collapsed in the previous year;

1829-1832 - Several masonry works were carried out in Cárquere's Church, sacristy and residence;

1950-2012 - The remaining ensemble of the Monastery of Cárquere has been subject to several conservation interventions;

2010 - Integration of the Monastery of Saint Mary of Cárquere in the Route of the Romanesque;

2015 - Intervention for the conservation of the roofs and external walls, under the scope of the Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte;

2017 - Safeguarding of the area surrounding the Monastery of Cárquere: landscape rehabilitation in Carvalhal Park, within the scope of the Route of the Romanesque.

Saint Mary - 15th August

Saturday - 5 pm (winter) / 6.30 pm (summer); Sunday - 8.15 am and 11.30 am

Monument not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.