Round church - Convento de Cristo - Tomar

Looking towards the ceiling of the ridiculously ornate 12th century Charola Rotunda in the Convento de Cristo in Tomar. Most of the decor is 16th century.

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Although a small town, Tomar plays a large role in a very important stage of Portuguese history, with links to the Knights Templar and the Discoveries, and remains an attractive and interesting place to visit.Its story begins in the eleven hundreds when much land in the area was donated to the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem by the then Queen Dona Teresa and her son Dom Afonso Henriques. Upon…