Portugal Mosteiro da Batalha7

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Batalha
Santa Maria da Vitória
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Unfinished Chapels
The Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, today
known as the Monastery of Batalha, was built as a
result of the promise made on the battlefield, by
King João I to the Virgin Mary, under the
pressure of all that was at stake, to build a
monastery if victory were his. The importance of
the building of the monastery did not end with
the fulfillment of that promise from the very
beginning it also embodied the consecration of
King João I as King of Portugal, the symbolic and
real personification of a new dynasty, as
expressed and legitimised by divine will
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Cloister of King Joao I
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Sculpture Exhibition Temples of Our Time by
Abílio Febra
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Sculpture Exhibition Temples of Our Time, by
Abílio Febra
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Cloister of King Joao I
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Cloister of King Joao I
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Sculpture Exhibition Temples of Our Time by
Abílio Febra
Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean cypress
(also known as Italian cypress, Tuscan cypress,
Persian cypress, or pencil pine) is a
medium-sized coniferous evergreen tree to 35 m
tall. (The oldest living Cypress is
the Sarv-e-Abarkooh in Iran's Yazd Province. Its
age is estimated to be approximately 4,000 years)
It is also known for its very durable,
scented wood, used most famously for the doors
of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City,
Rome. (God directed Noah to build the ark from
cypress wood and to coat it with pitch inside and
out) Although today the cypress tree is
associated with sadness and mourning e.g., it is
called the Funeral or Graveyard Cypress because
it is planted in Mediterranean cemeteries, in
ancient times the cypress was a symbol of
immortality, symbol of eternity, purity and
stability, poise, inner strength and liberty and
so is for many people today, a sacred tree
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Stained Glass (1508) in the chapter house,
depicting The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
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Cloister of King Joao I Entrance in the chapter
house
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Coats of arms of Philippa de Lancaster
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Cloister of King Afonso V (XV)
Unfinished Chapels
This sober cloister next to the Claustro Real was
built in conventional Gothic style with double
pointed arches in the second half of the 15th. It
stands in contrast with the Manueline flamboyance
of the larger Claustro Real. The keystones in the
vault carry the coat-of-arms of D. Duarte I and
Afonso V
Cloister of King Afonso V
Cloister of King Joao I
Main portal
Main portal
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Unfinished Chapels
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Sculpture Exhibition Abílio Febra
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Behind the apse of the Church, in line with the
high altar, can be found the Pantheon of King
Duarte, more usually known as the Unfinished
Chapels, which is built in an octagonal form,
with the entranceway on an axis and seven
radiating chapels separated by small triangular
structures. The construction of the chapels,
under the aegis of King Duarte, would have begun
in about 1434, during the first year of his reign
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the Renaissance balcony, dating from 1533
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Tomb of the King Duarte and his Queen, Leonor of
Aragon
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Nuno Alvares Pereira
tomb of the King Duarte and his Queen Leonor of
Aragon
tomb of the Joao I and Philippa
Duarte I (1391 1438), called the Philosopher or
the Eloquent, was King of Portugal and the
Algarve from 1433 until his death. He was the son
of João I de Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster
The death of King Duarte in 1437 and that of
master builder Huguet himself the following year
put a stop to the work on the new funereal
chapel, which was intended to consolidate King
Duartes lineage and personal legacy. In the
reign of King Manuel, with a view to completing
the pantheon, modifications to the initial design
were made, enhancing its monumentality. Already
in the reign of King João III, the Renaissance
balcony, dating from 1533, was placed above the
portal but it was only in the 1940s that the
Pantheon of King Duarte came to house the twin
tomb of the King and his Queen Leonor in the
axial chapel
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The earthquake of 1755 did some damage, but much
greater damage was inflicted by the Napoleonic
troops of Marshal Masséna, who sacked and burned
the complex in 1810 and 1811. When the Dominicans
were expelled from the complex in 1834, the
church and convent were abandoned and left to
fall in ruins
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Talent is a convulsive vibration of the spirit,
the inventive originality, rebellious to
authority, the ecstatic journey through the
unknown regions of the idea. Camilo Castelo
Branco (1825-1890)
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there is no regret more painful than the regret
of things that never were. Bernardo Soares
/Heteronimo de Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
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Stones on the way? Ill save them all, one day
Ill build a castle. Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
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In passion all reason forsakes us. Manuel Maria
Barbosa du Bocage (1765-1805)
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Batalha Monastery is not just a monastery it is
a lot more than this. It is a monument to the
unity of a nation, a union with England, an
expression of the power of Aviz dynasty and,
above all, a wonderful monument of architecture
and art
The coats of arms of the Houses of Aviz and
Lancaster are put on top of the lateral portal
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Illustration of the Battle of Aljubarrota by Jean
de Wavrin 1400's
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Internet All copyrights belong to
their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2017
Sound Avé Maria Sagrada - Dulce Pontes