Mosteiro da Batalha

O Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória (também conhecido como Mosteiro da Batalha) foi mandado edificar por D. João I como agradecimento do auxílio divino e celebração da vitória na Batalha de Aljubarrota.

English: The Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (in short: Monastery of Batalha) was built as a result of the vow of king João I after his victory on the Castilian army in 1385

Exterior [edit]

General view; in front: equestrian statue of Ninuo Alvares Pereira
Flamboyant Gothic architecture, intermingled with Manueline style
Buttresses and pinnacles
Cathedral Batalha
Founder's chapel
view on the stork tower
Sacristy and stork tower
Sacristy

Portal [edit]

Archivolt and tympanum
Upper part
left splay
close-up
right splay
right splay
tympanum

Interior [edit]

Tomb of Mateus Fernandes, one of the architects
Nave and choir
Nave (view towards the entrance)
Ceiling with ribbed vaults
Incidence of coloured light on the pillars
Incidence of coloured light through stained-glass windows
candleholder
Stained-glass window with tracery
Choir
Main altar
Choir and stained -glass windows from the Manueline period (16th c.)
Side door in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
close-up
Side chapel in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
Burial monument
Right transept
Left transept
Side aisle and clerestory
Stained-glass window with flamboyant tracery
Cloister Ambit
Fountain

Founder's Chapel [edit]

Tombs of King João I and Philippa of Lancaster lying under elaborately ornamented baldachins; surrounded by the tombs of their sons, among which Henry the Navigator