São Pedro das Águias Monastery
Mosteiro de São Pedro das Águias, Quinta do Convento, Távora, Tabuaço 5120
Phone: +351 254 789 049
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The Cistercian São Pedro das Águias Monastery is located about 7 km southeast of Tabuaço, near Távora, and displays 17th/18th century architectural features. Known as the ‘new’ monastery, the original was where the São Pedro Velho church (see separate entry) is today. Although the records of this medieval monastery were lost in a fire in 1836, it is known that by the 16th century the monks, living with women, had become totally decadent and that about this time the ‘new’ monastery was built. The church has a plain façade with a statue of St Peter and a beautiful central fountain in the cloister.
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