Alcobaça

Alcobaça Portugal

 

A city and a municipality in the Oeste region, in Central Portugal

Alcobaça lies in the valleys of the Rivers Alcoa and Baça.

The city of Alcobaça became notable after the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, decided to build a church to commemorate the Conquest of Santarém from the Moors in 1147.

The church later evolved into the Monastery of Alcobaça, one of the most magnificent gothic monuments in the country

The Monastery owned a vast area of land, also known as “sanctuaries” of Alcobaça, where the Cistercian Order put order into the settlement by organizing villages and estates.

 

 

 

 

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