Manueline style

Connected Sites: 15

Definition
Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is a Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the voyages of discovery.

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Connected Sites

  • Guimarães
    Guimarães
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.01
    235
    10
  • Monastery of Alcobaça
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.19
    226
    11
  • Mazagan
    Mazagan
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.58
    100
    7
    "Notable buildings from the Portuguese period include: the cistern, and the church of the Assumption, built in the Manueline style of the early 16th century." (OUV)
  • Island of Mozambique
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.10
    16
    5
    "The Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte..... Built by the Portuguese in 1522, the chapel is considered to be the oldest European building in the southern hemisphere. It is also considered to be one of the finest examples of Manueline vaulted architecture in Mozambique."
  • Elvas
    Elvas
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.14
    163
    7
    the town's ornate pelourinho (pillory) in Largo de Santa Clara is designed in a Manueline style
  • Monastery of Batalha
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.43
    242
    11
  • University of Coimbra
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.21
    255
    9
    the remodelling (in manueline style) of the Santa Cruz Monastery, including the tombs of Kings Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, the renaissance Manga Fountain, the altarpieces and triumphal portal of the Old Cathedral, among other works (wiki)
  • Macao
    Macao
    China
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.11
    242
    13
    St Paul Church facade is considered as late Manueline influenced
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.00
    57
    3
    The pillory
  • Convent of Christ in Tomar
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.59
    219
    15
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.27
    96
    10
    Se Cathedral Church
  • Belem
    Belem
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.42
    457
    14
  • Oporto
    Oporto
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.88
    392
    11
    Santa Clara
  • Evora
    Evora
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.08
    249
    12
  • Sintra
    Sintra
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.87
    417
    14