Mosteiro de São João de Tarouca

Viseu · Portugal

Mosteiro de São João de Tarouca, Portugal
Photo: SIldefonso, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Regarded as the first Cistercian house founded in Portugal, this ruined monastery sits amid the hills of the Serra de Leomil. Excavations have revealed its cloister foundations and a painted altarpiece survives in the church.

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