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Category: Landmarks/ Points of Interest; Religious Sites
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A sight to give you goose-bumps: the walls of this macabre chapel are lined with the bones of thousands of nuns and monks...
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A sight to give you goose-bumps: the walls of this macabre chapel are lined with the bones of thousands of nuns and monks laid out in intricate patterns, with a legend at the door that roughly translated means "Our bones are here, we await yours."
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When visiting Évora, known as the "Museum City of Portugal," you will find the Roman Temple of Diana, erected in the second...
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When visiting Évora, known as the "Museum City of Portugal," you will find the Roman Temple of Diana, erected in the second century.
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At the Watch Museum are patent 2.200 mechanical pieces, dated since XVII century. The visitants will found different types of...
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At the Watch Museum are patent 2.200 mechanical pieces, dated since XVII century. The visitants will found different types of pocket and wrist watches, but also hundreds of clock. One of the rooms is dedicated to the portuguese clock.En el Museo del Reloj estan patentes cerca de 2.200 piezas mecánicas, desde el siglo XVII hasta el presente. Los visitantes pueden encontrar diferentes tipos de relojes: de bolsillo, de la muñeca, sino también cientos de relojes de salón y de mesa. Un de los salones está dedicado solamente a los relojes portuguéses.
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The Duke of Cadaval Palace Church, called Saint John the Evangelist, is considerd to be one of the most beautifull private...
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The Duke of Cadaval Palace Church, called Saint John the Evangelist, is considerd to be one of the most beautifull private churches in Portugal. The Saint John the Evangelist Church was founded in 1485. You enter by a Gothic porch of the fifteenth century along with a tombstone-shaped canopy, with the inscription of its foundation and with the coat of arms of its founder, D. Rodrigo de Melo, 1st Earl of Olivenza. The nave has Gothic ribs and is covered with abeautiful and excepcional collection of tiles, by the painter Antonio de Oliveira, dated 1711 and signed by the author. On the floor of the church can see the tombs of the Dukes of Cadaval and their ancestors. At the center of the church you can admire two of the many curiosities of this church, a crypt with the bones of the monks of the convent of Lóios and an Arabic cistern - the church was built on the ruins of an Arab castle, destroyed during the riots in favor of the Master Avis in 1384. The wall of nave has a tribune of the seventeenth century, beautiful example of architecture of this century, built by the 1st Duke of Cadaval, Dom Nuno Alvares Pereira de Melo.The spectacular main altar is in the Mannerist style, transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque. The images represent St. John the Evangelist. The walls are covered with polychrome tiles of the seventeenth century. The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament has a golden altar of the eighteenth century with a renaissance of the sixteenth century tomb, belonging to Don Francisco de Melo, adviser to John III. The construction of this tomb is attributed to the French architect Nicholas Chanterene. On the other wall of this chapel is the tomb of Manuel de Melo, Governor of Tanger.
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"Wonderful place to visit; Pure history being seen by your eyes. It is amazing how a thing build so long ago is still up in such a place. This Roman temple, built in marble and granite, is surrounded by Corithian columns rising upon a podium which remains almost complete. The columns of the façade ha..."ve disappeared but the six columns on the back remain. Unfortunately we didn't see this lovely place at night, but managed to get some photos of the rising Moon in the day time between the columns.
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"The "Portuguese Stonehenge" is impressive and interesting. These massive boulders are favorable with their holes when you look and touch them. They are some of the greatest scenes ever! We loved looking at the cork trees and beautiful flowers surrounding these rocks. We think that this is a marvelo..."us place to visit.
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"This is unique in that the bones were collected by monks in the 16th century from the other churchyards for the people to reflect on the transient nature of life. It is a moving experience to see this. It is very well done."
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