Cistercian abbey of Alcobaca: detail of the dragon capital from the lower storey of the King Dinos Cloister

RIBA Ref No RIBA80668

Artist/Photographer	Tutt, Patricia A.
Country	Portugal
City	Alcobaca
Subject Date	1311
Image Date	2011
View	Exterior
Medium	Digital image
Library Reference	6041597
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	Patricia Tutt / RIBA Collections
Subject	Decorative stonework ; Capitals ; Cloisters ; Monasteries & convents ; Sculpture

NOTES: The abbey, founded by Alfonso Henriques in c. 1153, was built in early Gothic style between 1178 and 1252. The west front underwent a Baroque reconstruction in 1725. The lower storey of the King Dinos Cloister was built 1308-1311.

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