Santa Maria de Salzedas Monastery
Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Salzedas, Salzedas, Tarouca 3610
Phone: +351 254 677 064 - Fax: +351 254 670 839
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Once one of the largest Cistercian Monasteries in Portugal, the Santa Maria de Salzedas lies about 19 km southeast of Lamego. Given land in 1155, work on the monastery complex was completed in 1255. But today, apart from the church, all that remains are two cloisters, one of which is badly ruined. The large and imposing church, much altered between the 16th and 18th centuries, contains two paintings attributed to Grão Vasco (1475-1542) and several by Bento Coelho da Silveira (1620-1708). Internally it is still possible to detect signs of the original 13th century structure.
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