A young student at the University of Évora, searches for interesting and relevant information for his doctoral thesis in the ancient books of the Library, Among time yellowed and stained pages, he finds a small envelope with the letterhead of Frei Manuel of the Cenacle. Inside, an enigmatic letter in a shaky and hasty handwriting …
He knows that at the first decade of the XIX century, during Napoleonic invasions, Frei Manuel of the Cenacle was The Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora at the time.
After many days trying to decode that encrypted note, the student discovers the name of an ancient street of Évora …
“Rua dos Caldeireiros”
Knowing that number 9A of Rua dos Caldeireiros, now a museum, had once been a secondary residence of the Archbishop, the young man decides to investigate, convinced that the Archbishop hid a valuable piece to prevent it from being stolen or destroyed during the Napoleonic invasions.