Mosteiro de Arouca
Its initial use was as a feminine Monastery under the Cistercian rule and it is where Dona Mafalda tomb is placed. IT has a roman classicist style with baroque features by the gold carving.
Contacts
Largo de Santa Mafalda
4540-108,Arouca
- tel:256943321256943321
- email: [email protected]
- website: https://www.rirsma.pt/pt/museu-de-arte-sacra/mosteiro-de-arouca.html
- 2.50€
- Easy external parking
- Convents & Monasteries
Characteristics
Monuments near Mosteiro de Arouca
Antiga Casa da Câmara de Arouca
Cultural building with stone of arms and national coat of arms on the door of the main façade.
Capela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Arouca
Chapel built in 1612, very rich in its iconographic programme, where are represented Evangelists, Apostles, scenes from the Birth, Life and Passion of Christ, …
Capela de Santo António
Baroque temple with nave, chancel and triumphal arch. The internal coverings are wooden and the coffered ceiling.
Pelourinho de Arouca
This pillory has fragments presenting a three steps platform, a circular base, the shaft is flat and cylindrical and the capital has two royal escutcheons and …
