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Santa Cruz Monastery
An important monastery holding the tombs of Portugal's first two kings.
- Editor's score
- 4.6
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- €
About
Founded in 1131, the monastery was a centre of learning in medieval Portugal. Its church contains the richly carved tombs of Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, while blue-and-white azulejo panels line the nave and a Manueline cloister lies beyond.
Best time to go: Visit in the morning, then have coffee at the famous cafe built into the monastery wall.
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