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Title: Spain and Portugal: handbook for travellers
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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Affonso Henriques and statues of 19 kings, from Affonso to Joseph I.The original charter of the convent is also kept here. The bronze bra-zier (caldeirao) was taken by the Portuguese at Aljubarrota (p. 549). The fine * Cloisters (Claustro de Dom Diniz) to the N. of thechurch (entr. from the Sala dos Reis or from the N. aisle) deservespecial attention. The lower stage, in the early-Gothic style, datesfrom the days of King Diniz (p. 546); the upper was restored in theearly-Renaissance style by Joao de Castilho at the instance of KingEmmanuel. The Gothic well-house on theN. side is very picturesque. Senhor Vieira da Natividade, an aputhecary in Alcobaca, has a smallcollection of prehistoric antiquities from the caves of Aljubarrota. From Alcobaca to Batalha (13 M.), a drive of 2-274 hrs. Weskirt the N. side of the convent and cross the Baca. At the fork weascend to the left through a fertile district. To the E. rise the lime-stone summits of the Serra dAlbardos. At the top of the hill we
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to Leiria. BATALHA. 63. Route. 549 enjoy a good retrospect of Alcobaca. To the W. are the ocean andNazareth (p. 545), adjoined by the Monte de Sao Bartholomeu. Halfway to Batalha, beyond the insignificant village of Aljubar-rota, we traverse the Battle Field of Aug. 14th, 1385, where thenewly elected King John of Portugal defeated the army of his brother-in-law John I. of Castile, husband of the daughter of the last Portu-guese monarch of the legitimate Burgundian line (p. 500). The Portuguese were led by the Condeslable Nuno Alvares Pereira andmet the enemy at Canoeira (see below). The cannons of the Spaniardsthrew them at first into some confusion, but they soon recovered fromtheir dread of the new-fangled weapon. They pressed upon the Spanishcentre at Cruz da L&qoa (see below), and dealt the decisive blow at Alju-barrota. A full description of the battle is given by Camoens in the fourthcanto of Os Lusiades\ According to a local legend, Brites aAlmeida, wifeof the baker of Alju

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