Portugal (May 2018):
Coimbra
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Church of
Santa Cruz:
- Apse,
pulpit, and pipe organ.
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- Sacristy.
- Sanctuary, an
oval-shaped church with three altars, twelve pyramids containing reliquaries,
and eight carved panels containing wooden busts representing apostles, bishops
and popes.
- Manueline-style (late
Gothic) cloister constructed in 1517, with naturalistic decorations.
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Lower part of the Torre
da Contenda (Quarrel Tower), with Renaissance decoration.
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Se Velha, a roman-style
fortified cathedral built in the 12th century, under Portugal′s first
king, Afonso Henriques, when the Moors were still a threat:
- View of the
north-east corner.
- Main entrance (west
facade), with Moorish influences.
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- Side entrance (north
facade), with three-layer Renaissance-style portal, called the Porta Especiosa,
designed by Jean de Rouen and built in the 1530s.
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-Backside (east
facade).
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- Interior:
16th-century gothic-style retable (left); arches on the left side of the nave
(right).
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- Cloister of the
monastery (13th century) adjacent to the cathedral.
In the Museo Nacional
de Machado de Castro, located in the former Bishop′s palace, which was
built on top of a Roman cryptoporticus:
- Vaulted corridors of
the Roman cryptoporticus.
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- Sculptures exposed in
the museum.
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[Medieval Knight, by Mestre Pero (14th century).] |
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[Scene of the Passion of Christ
sculpted on a predella by Jean de Rouen (16th
century).] |
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[Terracotta sculptures
of apostles by Hodart, from the Last Supper
(1530s).] |
[Wood sculpture of a prophet (16th
century).] |
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[St. Nicolau (14th century).] |
[Virgin with child (14th century).] |
[Queen St. Isabel (17th century).] |
[Deposition of Christ
by Jean de Rouen (16th century).]
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[St. Justine (18th
century).] |
[St. Teresa of Avila (18th century).] |
[St. Francis de Regis
(18th century).]