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Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra, Portugal

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

G. Massiot & cie
Part of: Architectural Lantern Slides of Portugal
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

A monastery in Coimbra, Portugal built to replace the mediaeval Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha. The monastery was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The project of the monastery was entrusted to Father João Turriano, a benedictine monk and royal engineer, who conceived the ensemble in the simple Mannerist style of 17th-century Portugal. Construction works were led by royal architect Mateus do Couto. The church, consecrated in 1696, is of rectangular floorplan, has a single-aisled nave and lacks a transept. The interior is illuminated by a series of (clerestory) windows located on the second storey of the nave.

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Creator
G. Massiot & cie
Date
Circa 1910
Publisher
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type
photographs
Conditions Governing Access
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Related Location
Coimbra, Centro, Portugal

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Also from Architectural Lantern Slides of Portugal

Batalha Monastery: Overall view, main facade of the church

Batalha Monastery: Overall view, main facade of the church

Hieronymites Monastery: Detail, Western portal, viewed from the side

Hieronymites Monastery: Detail, Western portal, viewed from the side

Batalha Monastery: Detail of roof spires showing crockets

Batalha Monastery: Detail of roof spires showing crockets

Cathedral, probably New Cathedral of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Cathedral, probably New Cathedral of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Charola, Tomar Abbey: Detail, Window of the Chapter House

Charola, Tomar Abbey: Detail, Window of the Chapter House

Hieronymites Monastery: Interior, nave looking towards south entrance

Hieronymites Monastery: Interior, nave looking towards south entrance

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