An honor guard of soldiers march in the tomb of the unknown soldier at the ornate monastery at Batalha Portugal.
An honor guard of soldiers march in the tomb of the unknown soldier at the ornate Cloister of King João I (Claustro Real) monastery at Batalha Portugal where King Duarte and his wife Leonor are entombed and also João I and his English wife Philippa of Lancaster. This cloister was not part of the original project. It was built under the architect Fernão de Évora between 1448 and 1477. Its sober outward appearance is in stark contrast with the Flamboyant Gothic style of the church. The carved tracery decoration in Gothic style (including quatrefoils, fleurs-de-lis and rosettes) by Huguet in the ambulatory forms a successful combination with the Manueline style in the arcade screens, added later by Mateus Fernandes. Two different patterns alternate, one with the cross of the Order of Christ, the other with armillaries. The colonnettes, supporting these intricate arcade screens, are decorated with spiral motives, armillaries, lotus blossoms, briar branches, pearls and shells and exotic vegetation.
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