Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça

Leiria · Portugal

Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, Portugal
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This vast Cistercian monastery has one of the tallest and purest Gothic churches in Portugal. Inside lie the carved tombs of the doomed lovers Pedro and Inês, placed foot to foot so they might rise facing each other.

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