Cistercian abbey of Alcobaca: the monastery kitchen with its giant chimney
Artist/Photographer | Tutt, Patricia A. |
Country | Portugal |
City | Alcobaca |
Subject Date | 1752 |
Image Date | 2011 |
View | Interior |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | 6041651 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Patricia Tutt / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Tiles ; Kitchens ; Chimneys ; 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. Although the kitchen is contemporary with the monastery, it was completely retiled in 1752.
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