Alcobaça, whose name comes from the two rivers - Alcoa and Baça – is famous for its magnifscent gothic church, built by the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, who wanted to mark his victory over the Moors, in 1147.
What I loved in Alcobaça was the grandeur of this construction, the large square in front of it and of course the beautiful and tragic story of the two royalties – King Peter I and his murdered mistress Inês de Castro. Legends says that Pedro loved Inês that much that he ordered the remains of his beloved to be transferred to her tomb in Alcobaça and made her be crowned as Queen of Portugal and ordered court members to pay her homage by kissing her decomposing hand. Well…that´s the way love goes… sometimes.
What I loved in Alcobaça was the grandeur of this construction, the large square in front of it and of course the beautiful and tragic story of the two royalties – King Peter I and his murdered mistress Inês de Castro. Legends says that Pedro loved Inês that much that he ordered the remains of his beloved to be transferred to her tomb in Alcobaça and made her be crowned as Queen of Portugal and ordered court members to pay her homage by kissing her decomposing hand. Well…that´s the way love goes… sometimes.
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