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Mosteiro de Cucujães
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Largo da Igreja, 60
3720-391, Vila de Cucujães
The primitive moth conventual building nothing remains due to various transformations that was targeted. The set of buildings is composed by the Church and the cloister, the result of a 17th-century reform. The cloister features Doric columns based directly on the floor, forming seven spans in each ward.
Mosteiro de Ermelo
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Ermelo
4970-140, Arcos de Valdevez
Despite its integration into the Cistercian Order, the life of this monastery was turbulent and short. During his visit in 1553, the Abbot of Clairvaux found it in a state of complete neglect and poverty, which is why it was secularized in 1560, becoming a parish church. What we see today in Ermelo is a beautiful Romanesque church adapted to the life of a small parish, first in the 16th century and again in the 18th century. Of the nave that stood to the south, only the beautiful triumphal arch remains, now open to the sky outside. The monastery's dependencies …
Mosteiro de Grijó
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Alameda do Mosteiro Grijó
4415-998, Vila Nova de Gaia
The primitive monastery, called Monastery of São Salvador de Grijó, was founded in 922 in the place of Muraceses. It was only in the year 1112 that it was moved to its current location. In 1770 the convent was extinguished, passing its assets to the Convent of Mafra. Of note are the gilded carvings and the 18th century tiles in the chancel, as well as the pipe organ, from the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century. Also noteworthy is the tomb of D. Rodrigo Sanches, classified as a National Monument.
Mosteiro de Landim
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Quinta do Mosteiro
4770-328, Landim
This Convent was donated to the Canons regular of Augustinian Rule was sacred on the 16th century after some renovations. In 1562 it started to belong to the friars from Santa Cruz de Coimbra convent and was extinguished in 1770. This construction is under the renaissance style and it has some important features from it, such as the church, the Monastery house and all the land inside of the fence.
Mosteiro de Pedroso
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Largo do Mosteiro
4415-254, Pedroso
A stone monastery with two towers and a garden surrounding it. The granite façade, the gothic coat of arms, the Romanesque baptistery and the medieval tower stand out. The collection of 20 images, namely those of Saint Peter and Saint Michael, deserve a close look.
Mosteiro de Pombeiro
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Lugar do Mosteiro
4610-640, Pombeiro de Ribavizela
Founded in 1059 according to popular tradition, although the oldest documentary reference dates back to 1099, the Monastery of Pombeiro enjoyed privileges and justice of its own as early as 1112, as evidenced by the Charter of Couto granted on that date by D. Teresa. This monastic institution has been documented since 853, which makes it one of the oldest in the territory, although there is no material evidence of its first establishment. Located at the intersection of two of the main roads of medieval times, one that connected Porto to Trás-os-Montes and a second that connected Beira to Alto …
Mosteiro de São Bernardo
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Avenida George Robinson
7300-070, Portalegre
Built in 1530, the temple underwent several alterations, mainly during the 18th century. From the original design, it retains the giants that support the main chapel. It features a round-arched portico with cherubs. Inside, one can see the tomb of Jorge Melo, dating from 1540, one of the most sumptuous in Portugal.