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THE SOURCE OF LIFE
A water folly stuck in the middle of Coimbra, it w…
TRANSPARENT
If the Grijó cloister is robust and heavy in its…
SCOUTING THE CLOISTER
The day we arrived at Grijó, tablet in hand (our…
LITTLE CHURCH
The monastery of Grijó gets its name from a 10th…
REAL RÉPUBLICA DO PRÁ-KYS-TÃO
I was tempted to translate “República&…
POST-MODERN MEDIEVAL PORTAL
A great stone portal of bizarre configuration i…
INSIDE THE COLLEGES – PART II
We were completely shocked by this place, which…
INSIDE THE COLLEGES – PART I
The Rua da Sofia was built in the 16th c. to house t…
FASCES
We recently visited the 1940s-50s wing of the Un…
BERLENGA THE GREAT
Going through our archives this weekend we noti…
RUSTICATED ARCADE
Planned as a slaughterhouse, this giant buildi…
PAINTED STONE PATTERN 3
Igreja de São Gonçalo, Amarante…
PAINTED STONE PATTERN 2
Igreja de São Gonçalo, Amarante…
PAINTED STONE PATTERN 1
Igreja de São Gonçalo, Amarante…
STONE PORTALS
Gothic-Mannerist detailing in the cloisters o…
SÃO GONÇALO, THE BACKSTAGE CLOISTER
In the upper gallery level at the cloister of Sã…
FOUNTAIN
A sombre mood perpetually envelops this classi…
CLOISTER CORRIDORS
Inside the rigidly classical cloister of São G…
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