Mosteiro da Batalha

**Batalha Monastery**
	building in Batalha, Leiria District, Portugal
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Instance of	former convent; shrine to the Virgin Mary; cultural heritage;
Location	Batalha, Leiria, Portugal
Architectural style	Manueline; Gothic architecture;
Architect	Afonso Domingues; Mateus Fernandes;
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site (1983–); National Monument of Portugal;
Inception	1386;
Date of official opening	1517 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584);
Area	0.98 ha;
Religion or worldview	Catholicism;
Visitors per year	288,386 (2022);
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	39° 39′ 33″ N, 8° 49′ 34″ W
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	Q174779; VIAF ID: 4422168048993338410004; GND ID: 16046221-6; Library of Congress authority ID: no92007208; IdRef ID: 032168314; J9U ID: 987007601550005171; Structurae structure ID: 20020223; World Heritage Site ID: 264; SIPA ID: 4061; DGPC ID: 70099; OpenStreetMap way ID: 444670165
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O Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória (também conhecido como Mosteiro da Batalha) foi mandado edificar por D. João I como agradecimento do auxílio divino e celebração da vitória na Batalha de Aljubarrota.

English: The Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (in short: Monastery of Batalha) was built as a result of the vow of king João I after his victory on the Castilian army in 1385

Exterior

General view; in front: equestrian statue of Ninuo Alvares Pereira
Flamboyant Gothic architecture, intermingled with Manueline style
Buttresses and pinnacles
Cathedral Batalha
Founder's chapel
view on the stork tower
Sacristy and stork tower
Sacristy

Main Portal

Archivolt and tympanum
Upper part
left splay
close-up
right splay
right splay
tympanum

Transept Portal

Interior

Tomb of Mateus Fernandes, one of the architects
Nave and choir
Nave (view towards the entrance)
Ceiling with ribbed vaults
Incidence of coloured light on the pillars
Incidence of coloured light through stained-glass windows
candleholder
Stained-glass window with tracery
Choir
Main altar
Choir and stained -glass windows from the Manueline period (16th c.)
Side door in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
close-up
Side chapel in the choir
Side chapel in the choir
Burial monument
Right transept
Left transept
Side aisle and clerestory
Stained-glass window with flamboyant tracery
Cloister Ambit
Fountain

Founder's Chapel

Tombs of King João I and Philippa of Lancaster lying under elaborately ornamented baldachins; surrounded by the tombs of their sons, among which Henry the Navigator