Abbey-Tombs of Pedro and Inęs
Mosteiro de Santa Maria, Praça do 25 de Abril, Alcobaça 2460-018
Phone: +351 262 505 120 - Fax: +351 262 505 130
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The church contains the magnificent sculpted tombs of King Pedro I and his mistress Inęs de Castro; the great Portuguese tragic love story. Following the death of his wife, Constanza, Pedro lived with Inęs, but his father, Afonso IV, persuaded that her family was a threat, had her killed. After ascending the throne, Pedro took brutal revenge on two of the killers and had Inęs exhumed and proclaimed Queen, forcing his court to pay homage by kissing her decomposed hand. At his insistence the tombs face each other, so that on Judgement Day his first sight would be of his beloved.
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