Places
Serra do Pilar Monastery
Diogo de Castilho e João Ruão / Maria João Marques e Paulo Freitas
1537
Saturday + Sunday
Casa da Arquitectura
Open Visits
A subida ao zimbório do Mosteiro só será possível nos seguintes horários: SÁB - 10h30, 11h30 e 17h30 / DOM - 14h30, 15h30, 16h30 e 17h30 // Subida limitada a 25 pessoas; grupo formado por ordem de chegada junto ao voluntário Open House que estará no Claustro; cada subida inicia-se impreterivelmente às horas acima indicadas
Tours
Sat 10h00, Architects Paulo Freitas e Maria João Marques / Sun 15h00, Archeologist Paulo Amaral // These visits require RESERVATION, in the link below;
Maximum 25 people per visit
Reservation required
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Reservations Sold Out
Disponíveis a partir de 27 de junho às 14h00
Description
Located over rocky mountains and initiated in 1537, this national monument is in the list for UNESCO’s World Heritage, competing with the Episcopal Palace and Porto’s Sé [cathedral] for the prominence in the landscape connected by the bridge D. Luís I. Designed and consecutively expanded and transformed, the church and the monastery consecrated to Santo Agostinho present an organization and composition of renaissance and mannerist inspiration, adapting skilfully the Grijó and Moreira da Maia models. Its originality results of the meeting of two circular plans – cloister and dome church – with the same diameter associated with the concepts of perfection and infinity connected with God. In the scarp over the Douro River, there are some constructions by Porto Moreira and Casino da Ponte, previously acquired by Barros & Almeida.
Location
Rua de Aviz
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha D - Jardim do Morro
Bus: STCP - 900, 901, 904, 905, 906 / Espírito Santo - 12, 14, 15, 17, 31, 39
Train: General Torres