The refectory

World Heritage Site and a Seaside town in Portugal

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May 5th 2008
Nazare to Alcobaca to Cascais World Heritage Site and a Seaside town in Portugal We visited Alcobaca after we left Nazare. The Monastery of Alcobaca is an impressive monument classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1989. Its construction started in 1153 and was home of the Cistercian monks. This 220 meter long monument is Portugal's largest church. Among those buried here are th ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more