Convent of Christ in Tomar

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The Convent of Christ in Tomar is a historic Portuguese monastic complex and UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its richly ornate Manueline architecture and deep ties to the Knights Templar and the Order of Christ.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic monastery ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
convent ⓘ
monastic complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Mannerist ⓘ
Manueline ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
associatedWith Order of Christ ⓘ
constructionStart 12th century ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
dedicatedTo Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ
foundedBy Gualdim Pais ⓘ
Knights Templar ⓘ
foundedIn 1160 ⓘ
governingBody Direção-Geral do Património Cultural ⓘ
hasComponent castle keep ⓘ
church of the Convent of Christ ⓘ
fortified walls ⓘ
multiple cloisters ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
laterFunction headquarters of the Order of Christ ⓘ
linkedTo Portuguese Discoveries ⓘ
Prince Henry the Navigator ⓘ
linked to: Henry the Navigator
locatedIn Centro Region ⓘ
Santarém District ⓘ
Tomar ⓘ
locatedNear Nabão River ⓘ
locatedOn hill above the city of Tomar ⓘ
municipality Tomar ⓘ
notableFeature Charola (rotunda) of the Templars ⓘ
Manueline window of the chapter house ⓘ
aqueduct of Pegões ⓘ
cloister of John III ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalFunction headquarters of the Knights Templar in Portugal ⓘ
ownership Portuguese State ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese state
partOf Castle of Tomar ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significance major example of Manueline art in Portugal ⓘ
symbol of the Portuguese maritime expansion ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageOfficialName Convent of Christ in Tomar ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 265 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1983 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manueline → notableExample → Convent of Christ in Tomar ⓘ
Manueline architecture → notableExample → Convent of Christ in Tomar ⓘ
Diogo de Boitaca → notableWork → Convent of Christ (Tomar) ⓘ
linked to: Convent of Christ in Tomar
João de Castilho → notableWork → Convent of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Convent of Christ in Tomar
João de Castilho → notableWork → Convent of Christ conventual ensemble ⓘ
linked to: Convent of Christ in Tomar
Santarém District → contains → Convent of Christ in Tomar ⓘ
Convent of Christ in Tomar → hasComponent → church of the Convent of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Convent of Christ in Tomar
Centro → containsUNESCOSite → Convent of Christ in Tomar ⓘ