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Copyright: Carlos Ariza (capa)
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| Genre: Lieux |
| Média: Couleur |
| Date de prise de vue: 2004-08-25 |
| Catégories: Châteaux |
| Appareil photographique: Olympus C-740 UZ |
| Exposition: f/4.5, 1/30 secondes |
| Versions: version originale |
| Date de soumission: 2004-11-18 19:16 |
| Vue: 1085 |
| Points: 8 |
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| [Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe |
Sight of one of the rooms to the Manueline window of the choir.
The Convent of the Order of Christ and the Templars' Castle in Tomar form a unique monumental ensemble in their kind. The Castle was founded in 1160 by Dom Gualdim Pais, provincial Master of the Order of the Temple in Portugal. The early inhabitants of Tomar lived within its walls. The core of the fortress heart, the Alcáçova (Citadel), with the donjon, was built on the east side; the mystical place, the octagonal Templar Church, was built on the west side. With the dissolution of the Order, because of the persecutions of King Philippe, the Beautiful, King of France, the Templars could carry on with its sacred Cavalry mission in Portugal.
The Order of the Temple was dissolved in 1312 but their property and, in part, their vocation were transferred, in Portugal, to the Order of Christ, which was created in 1319. Under the auspices of King Dinis it was founded the "Order of the Knights of Christ" which was negotiated for four years between the monarch and the Holy See; both the people and properties of the dissolved Order joined the new Order. It is thanks to the Order of Christ that the Portuguese nation opened itself to the maritime Discoveries carried out in the 15th century. Tomar became, therefore, the headquarters of the Order and, Prince Henry, the Navigator, their Master.
The Order of Christ expanded as the Christian faith and the kingdom itself expanded too. Time and the Portuguese history left in the Convent's architecture evidences of the passing ages and the men who led the Portuguese destinies. During Prince Henry's rule two Gothic cloisters were built in the Convent. With King Manuel I, the Templar Church was expanded to the west by a construction that would serve the Chapter of the Order. This construction, profusely decorated by the symbolism of the Knights of Christ, has in its west façade the famous Chapter House Window, by Diogo de Arruda (around 1510). Later on, King John III, had deep changes made in the Order by amending their Rules and turning the Knights into contemplative monks; it is in this reign that important works of expansion of the Convent started in order to accomplish the Reform of the Order. Such works would go on through several reigns, till the 18th century, and left marks of different artistic tendencies. The Convent of Christ displays in its architectural ensemble art testimonies of the Romanesque, Templar, Gothic and Manueline style, dating back to the Discoveries time, the "joanine" Renaissance, the Mannerism, in their various aspects and, eventually the Baroque as present in several architectural details.
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