Alcobaca Monastery in Portugal

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PORTUGAL-ALCOBACA MONASTERY

Photo taken on May 30, 2013 shows the kistvaen of Ines de Castro, mistress of King Pedro I, in the Alcobaca Monastery in Alcobaca, central Portugal. The Alcobaca Monastery is a mediaeval Roman Catholic monastery. It was built in the reign of the first Portuguese king, Afonso Henriques, in 1153. The Alcobaca Monastery was listed by the UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1989. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun) 

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