{"id":58248,"date":"2026-10-12T22:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=58248"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:15:09","slug":"mosteiro-de-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/it\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/center-of-portugal\/mosteiro-de-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosteiro de Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, in the heart of Coimbra, is one of the most important religious buildings in Portugal. Founded in the twelfth century, it holds the tombs of the first two kings of Portugal and preserves a remarkable combination of Manueline and baroque architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A royal monastery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monastery was founded in 1131 by S\u00e3o Teot\u00f3nio and his companions, and quickly became one of the wealthiest and most influential houses in the kingdom. It was rebuilt in the sixteenth century, when the Manueline church and cloister were created, and again in the baroque period, which gave it the gilded interior and the great organ seen today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The tombs of Kings Afonso Henriques and Sancho I.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The church, with its gilded woodwork and baroque decoration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Manueline cloister, one of the finest in Portugal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sacristy, the choir and the historic library of the monastery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting the monastery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monastery is at Pra\u00e7a 8 de Maio, in the centre of Coimbra. Opening hours and tickets are published on the official website, so check before your visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitor information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mosteirodesantacruz.pt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">mosteirodesantacruz.pt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image credit: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, Coimbra, by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A historic monastery in Coimbra, with the tombs of the first kings of Portugal and a celebrated baroque church.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58243,"parent":12244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[1072],"attraction-categ":[1057],"localidade":[308],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"gestao":[1102],"regioes_turisticas_term":[228],"class_list":["post-58248","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-region-of-portugal","attraction-categ-historical-sites-landmarks","localidade-coimbra","gestao-56-publicado","regioes_turisticas_term-center"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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