Portugal Coimbra6 Holy Cross Monastery

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Coimbra
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Coimbra Dam Bridge (Açude-ponte de Coimbra)
This city holds a special place in the hearts of
all the Portuguese. Rich in its history and said
to be the oldest seat of learning in Portugal
with a University founded on the 13th of August
in 1290 by King Dinis. This makes it one of the
oldest in the world. Six of Portugals Kings were
born here and in 1139 until 1256 it was the
chosen capital of the country.
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Coimbra Holy Cross Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa
Cruz) Founded in 1131 outside the protecting
walls of Coimbra, it was the most important
monastic house of the Portuguese monarchy.
Dedicated to the Order of St. Augustine, the
Monastery was granted numerous papal privileges
and royal grants, which allowed the accumulation
of a considerable patrimony, at the same time as
it consolidated its position on the
politico-institutional and cultural scene
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Coimbra Holy Cross Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa
Cruz)
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The Santa Cruz Monastery, (Monastery of the Holy
Cross, (Mosteiro de Santa Cruz), best known as
Igreja (Church) de Santa Cruz is a National
Monument. Main façade of Santa Cruz Monastery
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Because the first two kings of Portugal are
buried in the church it was granted the status of
National Pantheon
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St. Theotonius founded this community of canons
regular and served as their first prior. The
monastery and church were erected between 1132
and 1223
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The monastery was granted numerous papal
privileges and royal grants, which allowed the
accumulation of considerable wealth, at the same
time as it consolidated its position on the
politico-institutional and cultural scene
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Nothing remains of the early Romanesque
monastery. It is known that it had only one nave
and a high tower in the façade, as typical of the
Augustinian-Romanesque constructions, but none of
those elements subsisted. In the first half of
the 16th century, the Monastery was completely
renovated by King Manuel's order, this monarch
having assumed the Monastery tutelage
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The whole monastic complex, the church and the
tombs of King Afonso Henriques and of his
successor, King Sancho I, were rearranged and
transferred to the main-chapel in 1530, where
they still lie in a sculptural work by Nicolau
Chanterene
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Saint Anthony of Lisbon was a member of the
community of canons regular, and after his
ordination, he was placed in charge of
hospitality for the monastery. It was in this
capacity that he welcomed the remains of the
Franciscan protomartyrs, whose remains were being
transported back to Assisi, after their deaths in
Morocco. This led to his decision to leave the
security and ease of the life of a canon for that
of the newly founded Franciscans.
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Through the whole 16th century, worked at Santa
Cruz de Coimbra the most respected architects,
sculptors and painters, such as Diogo de
Castilho, Machim and Jean of Rouen, Cristóvão de
Figueiredo and Vasco Fernandes, besides
Chanterene, Boytac and Diogo Pires the Younger.
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Coimbra Holy Cross Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa
Cruz) Its school was essential on medieval times
and also a meeting point for the intellectual and
power elites. Its scriptorium was responsible for
the propaganda machine of King Afonso Henriques,
being not strange at all his decision to be
buried exactly in Santa Cruz of Coimbra
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Baroque pipe organ of the 18th century inside the
Monastery of Santa Cruz
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Baroque pipe organ of the 18th century inside the
Monastery of Santa Cruz
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Afonso I (1109-1185), more commonly known as
Afonso Henriques nicknamed "the Conqueror"
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Afonso I (1109-1185), more commonly known as
Afonso Henriques nicknamed "the Conqueror"
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Afonso I (1109-1185), more commonly known as
Afonso Henriques nicknamed "the Conqueror"
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Sancho I, nicknamed "the Populator, King of
Portugal (1154-1212) was the second but only
surviving legitimate son and fourth child of
Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy
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Tomb of Sancho I of Portugal
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Tomb of Sancho I of Portugal
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Statue of Sancho I at the Castel Dos Mouros at
Silves in the Algarve
Tomb of Sancho I of Portugal Detail
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Igreja de Santa Cruz Tomb of D. Afonso Henriques
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Igreja de Santa Cruz Tomb of D. Afonso Henriques
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Mosteiro de Santa Cruz (Monastery of Santa Cruz)
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Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror"
(Conquistador), "the Founder" (Fundador) or "the
Great" (Grande) by the Portuguese, and
El-Bortukali ("the Portuguese") and Ibn-Arrik
("son of Henry", "Henriques") by the Moors whom
he fought, was the first King of Portugal.
D Afonso Henriques Guimarães
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He achieved the independence of the southern part
of the Kingdom of Galicia, the County of
Portugal, from Galicia's overlord, the King of
León, in 1139, establishing a new kingdom and
doubling its area with the Reconquista, an
objective that he pursued until his death, in
1185, after forty-six years of wars against the
Moors
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Igreja de S. José em Coimbra
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17th century wall tiles in Igreja Santa Graca
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Igreja de Santo Antonio dos Olivais
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Igreja Santo Antonio dos olivais
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Santo António de Lisboa - Selo Postal de 1895
Santo António de Lisboa 1995
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Igreja Santo Antonio dos olivais In 1217, the
wife of King Afonso II, Dona Urraca, gave a
chapel to the Franciscans, who had just arrived
in Portugal, to set up temporary quarters. Among
this small community, one who took Franciscan
orders was also Fernando de Bolhões, better known
as St. Anthony of Lisbon or Padua, who was
canonised in 1232. The present church, from the
18th century, is Baroque in style. Inside, the
single nave is lined with 18th-century blue and
white tiles depicting the life of the saint
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