century. They donated the convent and church was donated to the Archdiocese of Salvador on January 19, 1915. Archbishop Jerônimo Thomé da Silva formed a commission to survey the condition of the convent and church; the commission demolished the convent and sold both the building materials and interior elements of the building. The commission lacked the funds to demolish the church and sold the property to José Mariano Filho in 1916. Mariano Filho removed or sold the church images, azulejos, floors, linings of the nave, furniture in jacaranda, and lavabo in lioz; elements of the church that were removed to Solar Monjope, his residence in Rio de Janeiro were lost with its demolition in the 1970s. The balustrades in carved jacaranda of the church and convent were transferred to the entrance of the Federal Ministry of Education building in Salvador. Location The Convent and Church of Saint Antony is located on the Iguape estuary of the Paraguaçu River far from the city center of Cachoeira. Access to the church and convent was by river for much of its history; roads to the community of Iguape were only constructed later. The church and convent is set back from the Iguape on a slight embankment, but a single wing of the convent extends out to the river. Structure The Convent and Church of Saint Antony is a large-scale complex consisting of a two-story church, convent, and garden that leads to the mooring. Its walls are of mixed masonry. The church and convent has a stone quay on the Iguape; the quay it is still active. Church yard A multi-level garden extends from the quay up to the entrance of the church. The walls on either side of the garden are decorated with large volutes and other Baroque decorative elements. A large cross sits in the church garden on the second level from the quay. It has a monumental pedestal in the shape of a polyhedron. The pedestal is of sandstone and richly decorated in stylized floral, shell, seashell, tropical fruit, and mask motifs. The courtyard of the convent sat on the other side of the wall that extends to the water. A veranda once extended from the top of the wing that extends to the river; it was called "the best and only source of pleasure for the friars in this house". Convent The convent consisted of two courtyards, one lower and