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PLACES TO VISIT Monuments Santa Cruz Church – National Pantheon
PLACES TO VISIT Monuments Santa Cruz Church – National Pantheon
| Santa Cruz Church – National Pantheon |
The monastery was begun in 1131 under the patronage of Dom Afonso Henriques, and given to the order of Augustinian Canons. Among famous scholars of the monastery school was St Anthony of Lisbon, who joined the Franciscan order at Coimbra. The Romanesque church was designed by the French master builder Robert.
Manueline work includes the vaulting, attributed to Boitaca, and the throne, dating from 1513, crowned with decoration alluding to the Portuguese discoveries. The king also commissioned royal tombs, Renaissance in style, the work of Nicolas Chanterenne. The bodies of Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, the first kings of Portugal, rest in elegant funerary chests in the chancel, in what is now the national Pantheon. The facade of the monastery combines Romanesque structural elements with 16th-century decoration around the main doorway. The Triumphal Arch in front of the church entrance dates from the 19th century. Behind the monastery buildings is the lovely Manga Cloister, an unusually pure example of Renaissance. Formerly known as the Manga Fountain, it formed the centrepiece of one of the 3 cloisters of the monastery. The 16th-century Cloister of Silence is Manueline and has 4 bas-reliefs with scenes of Christ’s Passion by Nicolau de Chanterenne.
Mon. - Sat.: 9 a.m. - 12/ 2 – 5 p.m. Sun.: 4 – 5.30 p.m. Public holidays: mornings only.
Free entry
To visit the Sacristy, Chapter House, Cloisters and Exhibition: Ordinary ticket: € 2.50 Age 65 & over, & students: € 1.50 For school visits, permission must be obtained in advance from the Church. Bus: 1A, 5, 6, 7, 11, 24, 29, 42, Linha Azul |
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Contact: Igreja de Santa Cruz – Panteão Nacional
Telephone: 239 822 941
E-mail: igrejasantacruz@mail.telepac.pt
Fax: 239 822 941
Address: Praça 8 de Maio - 3000-300 Coimbra
Information: www.scruz.com.sapo.pt
GPS Information
Latitude: 40.21087
Longitude: -8.42914
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