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The Monastery of Batalha (Portuguese: Mosteiro da Batalha), literally theMonastery of the Battle, is a Dominican convent in the civil parish of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in central region of Portugal. Originally, and officially known, as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória), it was […]
The church of Santa Maria dos Olivais which was built in the mid 1300s for the Grand Masters of the Knights Templar Order. Santa Maria dos Olivais was built on the place of a seventh century temple and was chosen, during the Portuguese Discoveries, as the mother church of all the churches of Africa, Asia […]
Sintra is one of the romantic and mysterious places in Portugal with wonderful palaces and landescapes that enchant the tourists. To understand Pena Palace and the beautiful Gardens sourrounding the Palace the tourist has to see the opera Parsifal…An opera with three acts by Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th century epic poem of […]
The Convent of Christ in Tomar is a combination of a castle and a convent, used by the Knights Templar. In 1160 the building of the castle was started. The land (like many more around Southern Europe) was given by the Portuguese king to the Order of the Knights Templar, in return for their support […]
Quinta da Regaleira is an estate located near the historic center of Sintra,Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the “Cultural Landscape of Sintra”. Along with other palaces in this area (such as the Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces), it is one of the main tourist attractions. It consists of […]
Majestic manor house of the fifteenth century constructed by order of D. Afonso – the future Duke of Bragança , bastard son of King John I – which became his and his second wife, D.Constança de Noronha, residence . Palace of vast dimensions , architectural features of fortified house , roofing and numerous strands of strong […]
