Mosteiro de São Bento de Arnóia / Mosteiro de São João de Arnóia
Benedictine monastery consisting of a longitudinal church, a single nave, and a quadrangular chancel. Among the church's decorative elements, highlights include a sculpted tympanum depicting Agnus Dei and a figure of Saint Michael attacking a serpent. The monastery still preserves the cell where the Bishop of Grão-Pará lived following his exile by the Marquis of Pombal.
Contacts
Lugar do Mosteiro, 6
4890-036,Arnóia
- tel:255321477255321477
- tel:963598962963598962
- email: geral@scma-cbt.com
- Easy external parking
- Convents & Monasteries
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Characteristics
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