Cistercian abbey of Alcobaca: the King Dinos Cloister, lower storey
Artist/Photographer | Tutt, Patricia A. |
Country | Portugal |
City | Alcobaca |
Subject Date | 1311 |
Image Date | 2011 |
View | Interior |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | 6041587 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Patricia Tutt / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Vaulting ; Cloisters ; Monasteries & convents |
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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