Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Convent of Christ in Tomar' has mentioned 'Manueline' in the following places:
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Contents 1 History 1.1 Templars 1.2 Order of Christ 2 Architecture 2.1 Castle 2.2 Church 2.3 Manueline nave 2.4 Cloisters 3 See also 4 References 5 External links | WIKI |
The main church of the Convent of Tomar constructed by the Knights Templar The Manueline nave, as seen from the Renaissance era cloisters The elaborate pinnacles over the western facade of the church Renaissance Cloister of John III | WIKI |
The entrance of the Convent church in Manueline style. | WIKI |
The castle and Convent of Christ have examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline and Renaissance architectural styles. | WIKI |
The Templar round church (late 12th century) is indicated in red, while the manueline nave (early 16th century) is in blue. | WIKI |
Manueline nave[edit] | WIKI |
From 1510 onwards, King Manuel I ordered the rebuilding of the nave in the style of the time, a mix of late gothic and renaissance that would be called Manueline style by art historians. | WIKI |
From the outside, the rectangular nave is covered by abundant Manueline motifs, including gargoyles, gothic pinnacles, statues and "ropes" that remind the ones used in the ships during the Age of Discovery, as well as the Cross of the Order of Christ and the emblem of King Manuel I, the armillary sphere. | WIKI |
The so-called Window of the Chapter House (Janela do Capxc3xadtulo), a huge window visible from the Saint Barbara Cloister in the Western faxc3xa7ade of the nave, carries most of the typical Manueline motifs: the symbols of the Order of Christ and of Manuel I, and fantastic and unprecedented elaborations of ropes, corals and vegetal motifs. | WIKI |
This window of the Convent constitutes one of the masterworks of Manueline decoration. | WIKI |
The entrance of the church is done through a magnificent lateral portal, also decorated with abundant Manueline motifs and statues of the Virgin with the Child as well as the Prophets of the Old Testament. | WIKI |
In the interior, the Manueline nave is connected to the Romanesque round church by a large arch. | WIKI |
The nave is covered by beautiful ribbed vaulting and has a high choir that used to have Manueline choir stalls, unfortunately destroyed by invading Napoleonic troops in the early 19th century. | WIKI |
In a manueline tomb (circa 1523) rests Diogo da Gama, brother of navigator Vasco da Gama. | WIKI |
The Chapter House Window and the West faxc3xa7ade of the manueline nave of the church are visible from this cloister. | WIKI |
Built over the span of five centuries, the Convent of Christ is a testimony to an architecture combining Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque elements. | UNESCO |
When the Manueline church was built, it was connected to the rotunda by an arcade. | UNESCO |
Manueline influence was, as elsewhere, decisive and compelling: It was under King Manuel that Diego de Arruda was commissioned to execute the enormous choir based on a square plan with a tribune raised above the chapter-house. | UNESCO |
The elevation of these two stories is marked on the exterior by two renowned bays, a window and an oculus combining Gothic and Moorish influences, thereby offering the most accomplished expression of Manueline decorative style. | UNESCO |
Major changes that took place during the reign of King D. Joxc3xa3oxc2xa0III (1521-1557) were meant to express the power of the Order with rich Manueline decorations. | UNESCO |
Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the opposite during the Manueline period xe2x80x93 the opening up of Portugal to other civilizations. | UNESCO |
Criterion (vi): The Convent of Christ in Tomar, originally conceived as a symbolic monument of the Reconquest, became, from the Manueline period, an inverse symbol: that of the opening of Portugal to exterior civilizations. | UNESCO |