Monastery of Batalha

World Heritage

Portugal

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The Dominican Monastery of Batalha was built to commemorate the Portuguese victory over the Castilians at the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385. This was the main building project of the Portuguese monarchy over the next two centuries. Here, a highly original National Gothic style continued to evolve, heavily influenced by Manueline art, with its masterpiece the Royal Monastery being a prime example.

# Royal Monastery

# Portuguese monarchy

# National Gothic architecture

# Manueline Art

# Building Projects

Batalha Monastery is one of the most important Gothic sites in Portugal

Nave and choir

Tomb of John I and Philippa

Cloister hall of the monastery

Lateral view of the monastery and statue of Nuno Álvares Pereira

Interior of the Unfinished chapels

Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória

Tombs of the four princes (from left to right), Ferdinand, John, Henry, Peter

Detail of main portal with tympanum and archivolts

King John I Cloisters of Batalha Monastery

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Information extracted from Wikidata

executive body	Mosteiro da Batalha
location of creation	Mosteiro da Batalha
number of rooms	lccn-no92007208
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0643w7
Commons category	Mosteiro da Batalha
located in time zone	Western European Time
inception	1386-01-01T00:00:00Z
religious order	Dominican Order
coordinate location	Point(-8.826111111 39.659166666)
official website	http://www.mosteirobatalha.pt/pt/index.php
Commons gallery	Mosteiro da Batalha
start time	1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
date of official opening	1517-01-01T00:00:00Z
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
Catholic rite	Roman Rite
category for the interior of the item	Category:Interior of Mosteiro da Batalha
uses	16046221-6
country	Portugal
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosteiro%20da%20Batalha%2078a.jpg