Window of the Chapter House - Tomar

Window of the Chapter House (Janela do Capítulo) in the Convento de Cristo in Tomar.
This is one of the finest examples of Maueline extravagance in Portugal

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Tomar travel guide »

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…