Monastery · Alcobaça, Alcobaça, Centre of Portugal
Alcobaça Monastery
Mosteiro de Alcobaça
Alcobaça Monastery is the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria de Alcobaça in the town of Alcobaça, founded in 1153 and on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1989.
Why go
Alcobaça Monastery is the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria de Alcobaça, whose foundation and charter Museus e Monumentos de Portugal dates to 8 April 1153 under King Afonso Henriques, with construction begun in 1178; it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1989. The monastery's own site says the listing cites its medieval rooms (church, cloister, sacristy, chapter house, monks' hall, refectory and dormitory), the 18th-century kitchen and the Gothic tombs of King Pedro and Inês de Castro. It is managed by Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, which lists an online ticket office for it. It is in Alcobaça municipality, Leiria District.
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