Title

Unfinished Chapels, Monastery of Batalha, Batalha, Portugal, 2009. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Unfinished Chapels, Monastery of Batalha, Batalha, Portugal, 2009. The Dominican Batalha Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitoria de Batalha) is a magnificent example of medieval Portuguese architecture. In 1385, King John I vowed that if his outnumbered army defeated the Castilians at the important Battle of Aljubarrota, he would build a magnificent monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Construction of the monastery, which combines late Gothic and Manueline architectural styles, began in 1386 but was not completed until c1517. The Unfinished Chapels, also known as the Pantheon of King Duarte (Edward), consist of an octagonal building situated behind the chancel. Work on the chapels was commissioned by King Edward I, who intended them to be a mausoleum for himself and his descendants, in 1434. The monastery was designated a World Heritage Site in 1983.

Date

1961

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D76_266

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5132 x 3421 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings interior indoors religious architecture monastery country Portugal religion color colour medieval Christian Christianity Gothic location Catholic Catholicism century Dominican Roman Catholic inside outside Portuguese Batalha unfinished mediaeval Middle Ages Roman Catholicism 16th century Manueline sixteenth century 15th century fifteenth century TGN King of Portugal Leira photograph Edward I Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Batalha Monastery Unfinished Chapels Duarte I Magal Samuel Edward I King of Portugal photograph