Friday 26 February 2010

265 PT - Convent of Christ in Tomar (1983)

Brief Description

"Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the opposite during the Manueline period – the opening up of Portugal to other civilizations."

托马尔的克赖斯特女修道院
"这座托马尔圣堂武士修道院(后于1344年成为十字军救护团骑士修女院),最初是为了象征骑士的征服行程而修建的,但后来,这个修道院在曼奴埃尔王朝统治时代却被赋予了相反的象征意义,即葡萄牙开始对其他文明开放的象征。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/265

 Courtesy of Isacle from RR539


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