Sujet
Cloisters, Monastery of Alcobaca, Alcobaca, Portugal, 2009. Artist: Samuel Magal
Légende
Cloisters, Monastery of Alcobaca, Alcobaca, Portugal, 2009. The Monastery of Santa Maria de Alcobaca was founded in 1153 by Afonso Henriques (Afonso I 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 chapter house, connected to the cloister by a Romanesque-style portal, is filled with Baroque statues created by the monks. 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
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal
Notre référence
HRM19D76_144
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (1,5Mo) / 43,5cm x 29,0cm / 5132 x 3421 (300dpi)