Alcobaça Monastery - Great Attractions (Portugal)

Take a tour of Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.

One of the largest and most prestigious monasteries in medieval Europe, the Alcobaça Monastery today echoes of an older time.

Built in the twelfth century, the monastery is renowned for its Gothic architecture.

Listen carefully and still hear the faded chanting of the monks

Minimalist in decoration,

but breathtaking in its beauty

It still harbors labyrinths left to be explored.

Labyrinths of old Europe, hidden from the light of day.

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[tommyv166123]

i went to alcobaca this summer, it seemed so amazing however i could not see the upper colister of silence, my grandparents would not walk up the stairs of leave me alone in a place like this, other than that the trip was amazing! in the same day we went to batalhia, nazzare, obidos, and my grand parents friend let us inside a windmill in our village!

[geobeats]

@tommyv166123 thanks for the great insight!

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[TheBmxRider4Life]

@geobeats I have school in Alcobaça. I don't really like the city, i really like Caldas da Rainha. I'm Portuguese anyway. :)