The current main façade, where decorative elements of different styles are noted, was modified in 1702 by the Italian monk Frei João Turriano, preserving from the primitive Gothic the portico of seven archivolts based on as many columns. On each side of the portico, in a niche with pedestal and canopy, the statue of S. Bento is on the left and the statue of S. Bernardo on the right, both in Carrara marble (Italy).

The Gothic portal is preserved, flanked by the statues of S. Bento and S. Bernardo, to which the Cardinal Virtues (Fortaleza, Prudência, Justiça e Temperança) overlap; in the axial niche of the crowning, the image of Nossa Senhora da Assunção. The monumental and classifying aspect of the front is the result of the Baroque renovation completed in 1725