Medieval Portugal
History & Periods
Romanesque cathedrals, walled border villages, Cistercian monasteries.
Medieval Portugal stretches from the foundation in 1143 to the eve of the Discoveries in the late 15th century. It is the era of Romanesque cathedrals at Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, the great Cistercian abbey at Alcobaça, the walled fortress villages on the Spanish border, and the slow consolidation