Mosteiro de São João de Tarouca
Em S. João de Tarouca implantou-se, no século XII, o primeiro mosteiro cisterciense em Portugal. Chamava-se ele de S. João de Barosa e também de S. João de Mondim, como se lê em documentos da época. Os monges claravalenses receberam grande apoio, embora interessado, da burguesia de Tarouca, juntando-se mais tarde as dádivas da nobreza, de tal modo que a igreja se tornou numa espécie de panteão de algumas estirpes e também da gente mais qualificada de Tarouca. D. Afonso Henriques concedeu carta de couto ao mosteiro em 1140, para compensar os frades do auxílio prestado na tomada de Trancoso aos mouros.
Located at the south-east end of the municipality, it is about seven kilometers from the city of Tarouca. It is formed by the towns of Couto, Pinheiro, Vila Chã do Monte and Vilarinho. In S. João de Tarouca, the first Cistercian monastery in Portu...
In S. João de Tarouca, the first Cistercian monastery in Portugal was implanted in the 12th century. He was called S. João de Barosa and also S. João de Mondim, as it is read in documents of the time. The Claravalense monks received great support,...
Building of the family of the so-called "Cistercian Romanesque", it introduced a new spatiality that in a certain way prepared the advent of the Gothic. The church was built between 1152-1169 by the "barbati" (brothers lay or converts, who could g...
In S. João de Tarouca, the first Cistercian monastery in Portugal was implanted in the 12th century. He was called S. João de Barosa and also S. João de Mondim, as it is read in documents of the time. The Claravalense monks received great support,...
In the transept, there is a straight lintel door to access the sacristy, composed of two spans, entirely covered with loose figure tiles, with a tiled floor and cover in false edge vaults, decorated with grotesques and the shield of the Order of C...
1354 - death of D. Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos and bastard son of D. Dinis Português, buried in the monastery. The tomb of Count D. Pedro is composed of the sarcophagus, decorated with scenes of wild boar hunting, and the jacente, with its hea...
