Title

Courtyard garden, Monastery of Alcobaca, Alcobaca, Portugal, 2009. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Courtyard garden, Monastery of Alcobaca, Alcobaca, Portugal, 2009. The Monastery of Santa Maria de Alcobaca was founded in 1153 by Afonso Henriques (Afonso I), the first King of Portugal. It was one of the most powerful abbeys of the Cistercian order. The remnants of the monastery library, including hundreds of medieval manuscripts, are now kept in the National Library in Lisbon. Alcobaca Monastery was designated a World Heritage Site in 1989.

Date

1960

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D76_159

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature building buildings interior indoors religious architecture garden plant monastery country path Portugal religion statue hedge window color colour medieval Christian Christianity courtyard location Catholic Catholicism Roman Catholic inside Portuguese alcobaca Cistercian mediaeval Middle Ages Roman Catholicism TGN Leira photograph Alcobaca Monastery Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Magal Samuel photograph