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Why does the church of Carmo Convent in Lisbon lack its roof?

it was never finished

it was destroyed by earthquake

it was destroyed by Moors

it symbols open way to Heavens

The convent was ruined in the 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake, which destroyed the city, killed possibly 100.000 of its inhabitants and disrupted the colonial ambitions of Portugal. The church was left unrestored to remind the tragedy.

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