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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Clara-a-VelhaThe Mosteiro de Santa Clara was built in 1314 at the orders of the Queen Saint Isabel of Aragon, replacing a small convent of nuns of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1286. The building was completed in 1330, having been designed by the architect (...)
Telephone: +351 239 801 160
Fax: +351 239 801 169
E-mail: mosteiro.scvelha@drcc.pt
Website: http://santaclaraavelha.drcc.pthttp://www.facebook.com/mosteiro.santaclara.a.velha
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa CruzFounded outside the walls in 1131 by the Observing Canons of St. Augustine, the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz is one of the oldest and most important monuments in Coimbra. Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, came here to attend the religious (...)
Telephone: +351 239 822 941
Fax: +351 239 822 941
E-mail: igrejasantacruz@gmail.com
Website: https://igrejascruz.webnode.pt/https://www.grupogala.com.pt/mosteiro-santa-cruz/
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria das JúniasThis is the most isolated of all the Cistercian churches in Portugal, set in a valley surrounded by mountain peaks, close to the border with Galicia. To reach the church, visitors must walk 200 metres down into the valley, but the site's uniquely (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de CárquereChurch and Convent of Santa Maria de Cárquere According to an ancient legend, the origin of the settlement is linked to the church which the Count D. Henrique ordered to be built in 1099 in memory of a miracle as a result of which D. Afonso (...)
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de CósFounded in the 13th century by the Abbot of Alcobaça, the Monastery of Santa Maria Cós was one of the most important monastic complexes in the region and the most important monastery for Cistercian nuns. The current simple building is the result of (...)
Telephone: +351 969 642 970
E-mail: turismo@cm-alcobaca.pt
Website: https://www.cm-alcobaca.pt/pt/2648/mosteiro-de-santa-maria-d (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de LorvãoA monastery dating to the 6th century.According to the old chronicles, the foundation of a monastery in Lorvão dates back to the 6th century. However, the earliest written documents date back to the 9th century and are later than the Christian (...)
Telephone: +351 918 216 726
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de Pombeiro
Telephone: +351 255 810 706 | +351 918 116 488
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: https://www.rotadoromanico.com/pt/monumentos/mosteiro-de-san (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de SalzedasMonastery of Santa Maria de SalzedasIn its time, this was one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in Portugal, having been given vast areas of land in the surrounding region with the express duty of tilling and populating them.Construction work (...)
Telephone: +351 254 677 064 / 5 - 254 677 458
Fax: +351 254 670 839
E-mail: valedovarosa@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://www.valedovarosa.gov.pt/
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria de Vila Boa do Bispo
Telephone: +351 255 810 706
Fax: +351 255 810 709
E-mail: rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt
Website: http://www.rotadoromanico.com
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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Maria do BouroBeing situated in a fertile region, this abbey enjoyed a rapid rise to prosperity. Yet when the abbot of Clairvaux visited the site in 1533, the material and spiritual life of this Cistercian centre was already in decline.With the establishment of (...)
Telephone: +351 253 371 970
Fax: +351 253 371 976
