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    The Convent of Christ (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo/Mosteiro de Cristo) is a former Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal. Originally a 12th-century Templar...
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    one of the most important in Portugal. Pegões Aqueduct – Built between 1503 and 1614 to bring water to the convent of Christ in Tomar under command of king...
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    Tomar Castle is a national monument in the Santarém District of Portugal. Built on a hill above the town of Tomar and the river Nabão on land donated...
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    Diogo de Arruda (category Place of birth unknown)
    window at the Convent of Christ, in Tomar. Between 1508 and 1510, he was the architect of the Paço da Ribeira bastion erected by Manuel I of Portugal in...
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    measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such...
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    Nicholson 2001, p. 5. Nicholson 2001, p. 237. Barber 2006. "Convent of Christ in Tomar". World Heritage Site. Archived from the original on 31 December...
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    led by an ally and friend of Anthony, Baltazar de Faria, who after his death, would be buried in the Convent of Christ in Tomar by Fra António himself....
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    the cloisters of Viseu Cathedral (c. 1528–1534) and Convent of Christ in Tomar (John III Cloisters, 1557–1591). The Lisbon buildings of São Roque Church...
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    Nabância, present-day Tomar, Portugal. She was born into an influential family, and her parents, wishing to protect her, sent her to a convent school and a private...
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    Jeróminos.Interior viewed towards the main chapel. Cistern of the El Jadida fortress. Convent of Christ (Tomar). Portal Jerónimos. Two-storey cloisters....
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    decoration of the Chapter House window of the Convent of Christ (Tomar) (1510–1514) Architects in central Europe adopted some forms and elements of Flamboyant...
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    combined Vinje Church (Hemne) Convent of Christ (Tomar, Portugal), 12th-15th Century. The adjacent chapel is only one of two octagonal chapels in the world...
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    Fatias de Tomar ("Slices of Tomar") is a Portuguese dessert from Tomar. They were originally made by nuns in the Convent of Christ. "Fatias de Tomar". Jornal...
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    Manueline (category Maritime history of Portugal)
    house of the Convent of Christ at Tomar (designed by Diogo de Arruda) is a major Manueline monument. In particular, the large window of the chapter house...
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    em Lisboa" Exhibition of his paintings from the Convent of Christ (Tomar), April 2015. Closeup of the brochure Six Centuries of Portuguese Painting, catalogue...
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    Pegões Aqueduct (category Buildings and structures in Tomar)
    The Convent of Christ Aqueduct, also known as the Pegões Aqueduct, was built to supply water to the Convent of Christ in Tomar from four different springs...
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  • the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo...
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    museum of the Monastery. Jorge Afonso's workshop is also linked to the painted decoration of the walls of the Round Church of the Convent of Christ, in Tomar...
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    Giefarte, Lisbon (2007, 2014) / Monumental Gallery, Lisbon (2010), Convent of Christ, Tomar (2011,2012) / World Legend, Lisbon (2013) / Sintra Municipal Gallery...
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    Triumphal Arch of Orange Façade of the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome Scuola Grande di San Marco Cloister of the Convent of Christ, Tomar, Portugal, (1557–1591)...
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    part of the city of Tomar, on a platform delimited by a low wall, below the Castle of Tomar and Convent of Christ. It reflects the influence of classical...
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    chapter house window of the Convent of the Order of Christ in Tomar). After the death of Ferdinand the palace passed into the possession of his second wife...
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    Miguel de Arruda (category Date of birth unknown)
    Monastery. Around that time, Arruda built the main entrance to the Convent of Christ (Tomar) following the design by Castilho. In 1533 John III appointed him...
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    used as a burial place for the Knights Templar of Tomar and, later, by the Knights of the Order of Christ, which succeeded the Templars in the 14th century...
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    Manuel Nunes Formigão (category People from Tomar)
    was one of the first people to look into the phenomenon of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, having been the clergyman sent by the Diocese of Leiria...
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    Médio Tejo (category Intermunicipal communities of Portugal)
    Médio Tejo is composed of 11 municipalities: Geodesic Center of Portugal Sanctuary of Fátima Castle of Almourol Convent of Christ Castelo de Bode Dam and...
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    and 1256. On the present site of the convent, occupied by the parish church of San Esteban, they built the primitive convent, later destroyed to build the...
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  • Conceição in Tomar (1532–40) Cloisters of the Convent of Christ in Tomar (1557–1591) Main chapel of Jerónimos Monastery church (after 1563) Interior of São Roque...
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    various panels for the Round Church of the Convent of Christ (1536–1539) and the main altarpiece of the Church of Saint John the Baptist (1538–1539)....
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