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Monasteries of Portugal

GRgranduca ·18 photographs ·6 Sep 2008 – 21 Sep 2008 ·16 days
Where
Alcobaça
When
6 Sep 2008 – 21 Sep 2008
16 days · trip of 2008
Who
mario alberto · @granduca · Provincia Pesaro
How
Travel diary
The story

The Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, commissioned by King Afonso I after the victory at Santarém against the Islamic invaders.

The journey's photographs

18 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Alcobaca : the monasteryBaroque facade of Alcobaça Monastery under blue sky, stone staircaseAlcobaca : the churchAlcobaca : the church and the king's tombAlcobaca : the church and the azulejosAlcobaca : the churchAlcobaca : the conventAlcobaca : the conventAlcobaca : the conventAlcobaca : the conventRomanesque stone sarcophagus with carved figures, Las Huelgas monastery, BurgosAlcobaca : the conventThe citrus cloisterThe auditoriumThe Pulpitthe signs of timeCloister and baroque towers of the Convent of Christ in Tomar, framed by stone archespanoramic view of the cloister

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