Capelas Imperfeitas, Monastery of Batalha: detail of carved niche above the parapet
Artist/Photographer | Tutt, Patricia A. |
Country | Portugal |
City | Batalha |
Subject Date | 1533 |
Image Date | 2011 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | 6011028 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Patricia Tutt / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Mausoleums ; Monasteries & convents ; Sculpture |
NOTES: The Capelas Imperfeitas form a separate octagonal structure tacked onto the choir of the monastery. Completed in 1533, they were built as a mausoleum for King Edward of Portugal and his descendents.
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