Built from 1554 onwards, the imposing building is considered a masterpiece of the European Renaissance. The fountain at its very center is fed by the waters of the Aqueduct of Pegões.
King John III had it built outside the castle walls.
Adjacent to the monastery church, the main cloister flanks the south façade of the Manueline nave, with which his father, King Manuel I, had already expanded the existing Templar church.
To help you place the eight cloisters within the complex jumble of buildings on the site of today's Convent do Christo, you can find help here:
anyformsdesignmapas.blogspot.com/2014/09/convento-de-cristo-tomar.html
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convento_de_Cristo#/media/Datei:TomarChurchPlanCC3-pt.jpg

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