{"id":18613,"date":"2020-12-15T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templars-route.eu\/?page_id=18613"},"modified":"2020-12-15T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:16:24","slug":"castle-of-the-templars-convent-of-christ-of-tomar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.templars-route.eu\/en\/castle-of-the-templars-convent-of-christ-of-tomar\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle of the Templars-Convent of Christ of Tomar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The site, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, extends over 54,000m\u00b2 including 40,000m\u00b2 of buildings. It still represents today the largest area covered by a monument in Portugal and one of the largest in the world.<\/p>\n

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Three aspects must be taken into account to appreciate this place: the artistic aspect, of which the main door, the “Charola” chapel, the chapter window and the cloister of D. Jo\u00e3o III are examples of excellence; the functional aspect, since the main use was to house the knightly monks and reclusive monks; and finally, the symbolic aspect, to establish the influence of Portugal throughout the world and at the service of Christ.<\/p>\n

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The castle has three fortified walls, the most important of which is the chapel and the keep. Between the chapel and the fortress some traces of the Muslim occupation are still present.
\nThe original building of the Convent is due to Infant D. Henrique, who, in addition to constituting his court, had the cloister of the washing and the cloister of the cemetery built there. In the 16th century, seven more were added. The architecture here is extremely well documented which confirms that the buildings evolved with the residents: the Templar\/rotunda chapel in the Castle is Romanesque; Gothic is present in the cloisters of the time of the Infant D. Henrique; at the beginning of the 16th century, all the exuberance of the Manueline style is displayed through the window of the Chapter; the Renaissance is presented in the extension of the convent of D. Jo\u00e3o III until the 18th century and finally Mannerism and Baroque are mainly in the cloister of the inn.
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Convent of Christ<\/h3>\n

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The chapter window<\/h4>\n

This is the most symbolic of the five lower windows of the convent church (the 5 Manueline-style windows, as a whole, become more symbolic if we think of the 5 empires).
\nThe profusion of typical Manueline decorative elements and its intense symbolism (discoveries and history of the country) makes it a major reference in Portuguese art.<\/p>\n

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The Templar Chapel: the Charola<\/h4>\n

It was the oratory of the Order of the Temple in the Castle. It is a compact, cylindrical structure, of oriental influence from the 12th and 12th centuries and probably military to protect the sacred, alluding to the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Inside, it houses a central octagonal drum with eight pillars, each composed of four openwork columns. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, a wide vault was opened in the chancel, lit by an oculus. Diego de Arruda carried out this work and Jo\u00e3o de Castilho was in charge of connecting the central choir to the surrounding wall of the Charola through a ring vault. The entrance, a monumental portal and a richly decorated fa\u00e7ade are also the work of Castilho.
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The decoration of the Charola consists of motifs on the drum, paintings on the ring vault, wall paintings on the second level of the drum (representing the instruments of the Passion of Christ by Fern\u00e3o Anes), eight of the fourteen original paintings on the surrounding wall (by Jorge Afonso), wooden sculptures (representing angels, saints and prophets) and a set representing the Virgin and Saint John by Oliver of Gand.<\/p>\n

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Contact information<\/h2>\n

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Convento de Cristo e Castelo Templ\u00e1rio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convento de Cristo
\nIgreja do Castelo Templ\u00e1rio
\n2300-000 TOMAR
\nTel : +351 249 315 089
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