Details of Gothic architecture in the Monastery of Batalha

Batalha (pron. IPA: [bɐ'taʎɐ]) is a Portuguese town located in the District of Leiria, Pinhal Litoral subregion, Centre region, with 7 500 inhabitants. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Batalha Monastery is one of the most important Gothic sites in Portugal. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Leiria is a district of Portugal. ... Map showing the location of the Pinhal Litoral subregion Pinhal Litoral is a NUTS3 subregion of Portugal integrating the Centro region. ... Centro Region (Região Centro, pron. ...

It is the see of the municipality of the same name with 103,56km² of area and 15,002 inhabitants (2001), subdivided into 4 parishes (freguesias). The municipality is limited to the North and West by the municipality of Leiria, to the East by Vila Nova de Ourém, to the Southeast by Alcanena and to the Southwest by Porto de Mós. A freguesia (pron. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Centro  - Subregion Pinhal Litoral  - District or A.R. Leiria Mayor Isabel Damasceno Campos Costa  - Party PSD Area 564,66 km² km² Population  - Total 119,870 hab. ... Coat of Arms Alcanena, is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 127. ... Porto de Mós is a vila (town) in the district of Leiria in Portugal. ...

The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383-1385 crisis. This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of Portugal from the kingdom of León in 1128 under Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910, during the reign of Manuel II, the Patriot, or... D. (usually preceded in English by the) is the abbreviation for the Spanish and the Portuguese honorific Don, a mark of high esteem for a distinguished Christian hidalgo or nobleman. ... João I, tenth king of Portugal (in English, John I) (the Good or sometimes, the Great or even the One With Good Memory), was born in Lisbon on April 11, 1357 and died in the same city on August 14, 1433. ... Batalha Monastery is one of the most important Gothic sites in Portugal. ... Combatants  Portugal with English allies  Castile with Portuguese and French allies Commanders John I of Portugal Nuno Álvares Pereira John I of Castile Strength 6,500 men 31,000 men The Battle of Aljubarrota (pron. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1385 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... History of Portugal Series Prehistoric Portugal Pre-Roman Portugal Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia Visigoths and Suevi Moorish rule and Reconquista First County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal Second County of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy Consolidation of the Monarchy 1383-1385 Crisis Discoveries Portuguese Empire 1580 Crisis Iberian...

The Portuguese professor and sociologist Moisés Espírito Santo was born there.

Parishes

Batalha's parishes are:

• Batalha
• Golpilheira
• Reguengo do Fetal
• São Mamede

External links

• Photos from Batalha
• Adrian Fletcher's Paradoxplace Batalha Pages (photos)
• video of the monastery

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Coordinates: 39°39′N, 8°49′W Leiria is a district of Portugal. ... Coat of Arms Alcobaça is in the district of Leiria, in Portugal (though formerly included in the province of Estremadura), on the Alcoa and Baça rivers, from which it derives its name. ... District or region Leiria Mayor   - Party Paulo Delgado Morgado PSD Area 160. ... District or region Leiria Mayor   - Party Fernando Ribeiro Marques PSD Area 176. ... Bombarral (pron. ... District Leiria Mayor   - Party Fernando José da Costa Area 254. ... District or region Leiria Mayor   - Party Fernando José Pires Lopes PS Area 66. ... District or region Leiria Mayor   - Party Rui Almeida Silva PSD Area 173. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Centro  - Subregion Pinhal Litoral  - District or A.R. Leiria Mayor Isabel Damasceno Campos Costa  - Party PSD Area 564,66 km² km² Population  - Total 119,870 hab. ... Marinha Grande is a city in Portugal with a population of 30,000 inhabitants. ... Nazaré is a city in western Portugal. ... Location    - Country  Portugal  - Region {{{Region}}}  - Subregion {{{Subregion}}}  - District or A.R. Leiria Mayor Telmo Henrique Correia Daniel Faria  - Party PSD Area 142. ... District or region Leiria Mayor   - Party João Marques PSD Area 128. ... Peniche is a city in Portugal, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. ... Coat of Arms Pombal (pron. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...