In the late 1940s, the Portuguese Province of the Society of Jesus decided to build a school in the capital. It was with this intention that the Provincial of the Society, Father Tobias Ferraz, purchased, in 1947, the Quinta da Alameda, belonging to the Stromp family, on Alameda das Linhas de Torres. The auditorium was inaugurated on October 31, 1997, and was designed by Architect Frederico Valsassina.