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Monuments in Alcobaça
Estação Arqueológica de Parreitas
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Bárrio
2460, Cabeça do Louco
The station is situated in the hills of Bárrio and next to the old Pederneira Lagoon. It bears witness to human occupation spanning from the 1st to the 4th centuries, showing vestiges of tile and brick kilns. The collection from this village can be appreciated at the Bárrio Monographic Museum.
Ermida de Santa Rita / Ermida do Bom Jesus do Calvário
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Rua de Santa Rita
2460-396, Cós
A 17th-century chapel, with 17th-century architecture. Also known as the Chapel of Bom Jesus do Calvário de Cós, it has a single nave with a barrel-vaulted ceiling, a chancel, and two side floors dedicated to Saint Rita and Our Lady of Piety.
Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Coz
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Rua de Santa Rita
2460-396, Cós
Founded in the 13th century by the abbot of Alcobaça, the Monastery of Santa Maria de Coz was one of the most important monastic complexes in the region and the most important monastery of the female branch of the Cistercian Order. The current building, of impressive simplicity, derives from works carried out mainly in the 17th century. The sober aspect of the exterior of the building contrasts with the Baroque interior. The church, about 50 meters long, reveals the grandeur of the old monastery and has coffered wooden ceilings, 17th-18th century tiles, and gilded altarpieces.
Mosteiro de Alcobaça
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Praça 25 de Abril
2460-018, Alcobaça
Built by Cistercian monks between 1178 and 1254, the Monastery consists of three sections: the Church and the North and South Wings, which respectively housed the apartments of the kings and visiting court, and the residences of the Abbot and the monks. The original façade retains the battlements on the side roof, the Gothic portal, and the large side windows. The Church is the largest in Portugal and contains the tombs of King Pedro I and Inês de Castro. Also, noteworthy are the Ambulatory and the Chapel of St. Bernard, the Chapel of Relics, and the Chapel of the Lord …
Castelo de Alcobaça
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Rua do Castelo, 35
2460-036, Alcobaça
Located on a rise of about 70 meters, west of the monastery, Alcobaça Castle was commissioned by King Afonso Henriques in 1147, on the presumed ruins of a 6th-century fortification. Destroyed several times during the Reconquista, King Sancho ordered its reconstruction to shelter the Alcobaça monks and the population in case of attack. After suffering several seismic shocks, it ended up serving as a prison during the reign of the Philips.
Pelourinho de Turquel
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Largo do Pelourinho
2460, Turquel
Pillory with a twisted shaft ornate with fitomorphic elements. The finishing on the capital shows a figure with an ecclesiastic suit.
Pelourinho de Alfeizerão
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Largo João Baptista
2460, Alfeizerão
Manueline style pillory settled in three circular steps. It has a spiralled shaft with ring and topped by pyramidal decorated body.
Pelourinho de Alpedriz
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Rua 5 de Outubro
2460, Alpedriz
This pillory is composed by a column with abutment. It has a base in a cone torso.
Pelourinho de Cela
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Rua Joaquim da Silva Almeida
2460, Cela
It is a pillory with a flat column supported by circular stairs. It has conic capital with the Coat of Arms from Alcobaça Abbots and the armillary sphere.
Escultura de Homenagem ao 25 de Abril
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Praça João de Deus Ramos
2460, Alcobaça
Cylindrical stone sculpture located on John of God Ramos in the Centre of Alcobaça.