The San Francisco complex in Olinda began with the arrival of the Franciscan Order in Brazil in 1585, thanks to the architectural design of Friar Francisco dos Santos, becoming the country's first Franciscan convent. However, the Dutch invasion of 1630-1631 damaged it. Its reconstruction was expanded and divided into three floors, encompassing the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, the Chapel of São Roque, the Chapel of Santanna, the cloister, and the sacristy.