Title

Gothic fountain hall inside the cloisters, Monastery of Alcobaca, Alcobaca, Portugal, 2009. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Gothic fountain hall inside the cloisters, 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 beautiful Gothic Cloisters of Silence were built during the reign of King Dinis (Denis) I in the late 13th century. The builders were Portuguese architects Domingo Domingues and Master Diogo. The fountain hall in the cloisters contains an elegant early Renaissance fountain. 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

1961

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D76_187

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

nature building buildings interior indoors religious architecture garden plant monastery country Portugal religion hedge color colour medieval Christian Christianity courtyard Gothic cloister cloisters location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic inside Portuguese alcobaca Cistercian mediaeval Middle Ages Roman Catholicism Thirteenth Century 13th century TGN Leira photograph Alcobaca Monastery Sites & Photos Samuel Magal fountain hall Magal Samuel photograph