 It sits on a narrow street, Rua dos Perdões below the Largo do Santo Antonio, a public square, and both the Church of Santo Antonio Além do Carmo and Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo.The church and convent sit in a dense urban area of small houses and "sobrados" built at the end of the 19th century.Archbishop Luís Álvares gave permission for the construction of a small church and convent as early as 1732.