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Alcobaça Monastery
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building in Alcobaça, Leiria District, Portugal
Key facts
- Location
- Alcobaça , Portugal
- Area
- Archdiocese of Lisbon
- Architectural styles
- Romano-Gothic , Manueline , Mannerism , Baroque
- Official name
- Alcobaça Monastery
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- i, iv
- Designated
- 1989 (13th session )
- Region
- Europe and North America
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 85.78
- Official website
- www.mosteiroalcobaca.pt
- Image
- Alcobaça October 2021-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mosteiro de Alcobaça
- inception
- 1187-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1833-00-00
- visitors per year
- 193881
- P8168
- Lapsias estebanensis
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Article
The Alcobaça Monastery or Alcobasa Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça) is a Catholic monastic complex located in the town of Alcobaça (or Alcobasa, Portuguese pronunciation: [alkuˈβasɐ] ), Oeste region of Portugal, 120 km (75 mi) north of Lisbon and 110 km (68 mi) south of Coimbra.
The monastery was established in 1153 by the first Portuguese king, Afonso Henriques, and would develop a close association with the Portuguese monarchy throughout its seven-century-long history. This association led to the monastery becoming the richest and most influential in Portugal by 1300, with a population of almost 1,000 monks and business interests including farming, fishing and trade. It closed in 1834, amid the dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal.