Title

Monastery and statue of Nuno Alvares Pereira, Monastery of Batalha, Batalha, Portugal, 2009. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Monastery and statue of Nuno Alvares Pereira, Monastery of Batalha, Batalha, Portugal, 2009. Dom Nuno Alvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a Christian mystic and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. In 1385, King John I of Portugal 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. The result was the Dominican Batalha Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitoria de Batalha), a magnificent example of medieval Portuguese architecture. Construction of the monastery, which combines late Gothic and Manueline architectural styles, began in 1386 but was not completed until c1517. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1983.

Date

1964

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D76_276

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5121 x 3414 (300dpi)

Keywords

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