Convent of Christ

One attraction worth visiting is the attraction of the castle, church, cloister and monastery. With different general church structure, decoration and exquisite decoration, more historical precipitation and heavy. In total, the tour for a total of one and a half hours, the meaning is still not enough!

The history books document the successful defense of the Portuguese in the Tomar fortress in 1190 against the Mowashid Sultan Mansour (that is, the construction of the Malacche mosque in North Africa and Mansour in Rabat Hasanta) and later the Knights Templar offended King Philip IV and Pope Clement in October 1307 On the 13th, the Pope also issued a decree forcing the dissolution of the Knights Templars everywhere, only the Portuguese chapter was spared and renamed the Church of Christ (The Order of Christ), and the Fortress of Tomar became the headquarters of the Church of Christ into a large church and monastery. The two most important members of the royal family in the past presidents who played a very important role in the recent history of Portugal, especially the geographical discovery of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, were Prince Henry and King Manuel I, the "navigator" (King Manuel I). The large and exquisite building of the monastery blends Roman Gothic Renaissance and Manuel style castles in the center is a chapel modeled after Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre. The front of the chapel is the statue of the Virgin and the disciples around Jesus on the cross. Very exquisite and gorgeous because of its important historical value and superb architectural art, the monastery of Tomar has been positioned as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO since 1983.

Tomar's "Templar Monastery" English "Convent of Christ in Tomar" This monastery has a considerable historical origin with the Templar Order. In the middle of the 12th century, in Portugal's Rehabilitation Movement (a series of struggles by the Christian countries of the medieval Iberian Peninsula to reclaim occupied territory from Muslims), the Crusaders of the Order fought bravely, Once a lot of lost land was recovered from the hands of Muslims, so he gained the weight of Prince Enlick and Prince Manuel. In 1147, the king of Portugal, in recognition of the Knights' achievements in the Guangfu movement, gave the Knights land to build the city of Tomar. The monastery, which was expanded with the center of the prayer room with the support of the royal family, was once prominent. The design style of the monastery was originally a symbol of the conquest of the Order, and in 1344 the original design model was changed to become a Christian convent. The monastery was built in 1162, and the entire monastery took about 500 years from the beginning to the completion, concentrating the Portuguese architecture and decoration style at the time, and in 1983 the monastery was listed as a World Heritage Site except for a cemetery courtyard (the floor tiles are full of coffins), The main hall has a unique circular chapel in Portugal. On the third floor of the terrace you can see the Manuel-style "Portugal Window", the famous Pena Palace window sill is based on this mountain to see all the land belongs to the Knights Templar, outside the castle can see the sink for carrying water

It's a Catholic church, holy place.

Tomar's Clubhouse is a very simple place, the whole club has a lot of fun things, the structure of the clubhouse is very special, the whole is round.