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Tomar (São João Baptista)

Manueline Window of the Convent of Christ

Tomar (São João Baptista)

Manueline Window of the Convent of Christ

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Manueline Window of the Convent of Christ

Name: Manueline Window of the Convent of Christ
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Location: Tomar (São João Baptista), Santarém, Portugal

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Noname

August 14, 2025

This impressive window is part of the Manueline Ingreja e Casa do Capitula de Manuel I.
The Manueline nave is decorated inside and out with lavish symbolic, heraldic, and sacred sculptures. All architectural elements—corner basins, pinnacles, buttresses, windows, etc.—are characterized by figurative motifs with a profound plasticity that conceals their architectural and structural function.
The most striking example of this formal design is the Manueline church's windows. Originally there were three, but today two remain: the second, facing south, is visible from the main cloister; the other, on the west façade, is known as the Janela do Capítulo.
This window is flanked by two enormous buttresses and is decorated with a rich figural world featuring maritime themes (wood, rigging, buoys, etc.), the insignia of the Order (the heraldic cross, the armillary sphere, the coat of arms of the kingdom), and symbolic figures characteristic of the mysticism of spiritual chivalry and the mission of the Order of Christ in the voyages of discovery.
conventocristo.gov.pt/pt/index.php?s=white&pid=187&identificador=ct116_pt
From the inside, the window appears rather unimpressive.

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neun74

July 18, 2025

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Elevation 110 m

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Location: Tomar (São João Baptista), Santarém, Portugal

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