The Monastery of Batalha, originally and officially known as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory, is a Dominican convent in the municipality of Batalha in the Centro region of Portugal, erected to commemorate the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota and built to serve as the burial church of the 15th century Aviz dynasty of Portuguese royalty. It is regarded as one of the finest original examples of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.
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The Monastery of Batalha (Portuguese: Mosteiro da Batalha) is a Dominican convent in the municipality of Batalha, historical Beira Litoral province, in the Centro of Portugal. Originally, and officially, known as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória), it was erected in commemoration of the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota and would serve as the burial church of the 15th-century Aviz dynasty of Portuguese royalty.
In Style: Flamboyant Gothic Architecture, Introduction
It is one of the best and original examples of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style.
In Style: Manueline Architecture, Introduction
It is one of the best and original examples of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style.
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Light enters the church through ten stained-glass windows of the clerestory and the tall, traceried windows in the side walls and the transept and through the two rows of lanciform windows in the choir.
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Wikidata item Q174779, property P1619: 1517
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Wikidata item Q174779, instance of (P31): former convent
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Batalha, Portugal
Wikidata item Q174779, property P131/P17 (location): Batalha, Portugal
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