Video about the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory, better known as Batalha Monastery, located in that village of the Leiria district. Its construction is intimately linked with the victory of the Portuguese forces over the Castilian army in the Battle of Aljubarrota, in 1385. Fulfilling a promise, king D. João I sponsored the building of this imposing Dominican monastery, initiating a process that would span almost two centuries.
Classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in 1983, the Batalha Monastery is one of the most important Gothic architecture monuments on a world scale, standing as a true compendium of the best architectural and artistic work produced in Portugal at the time.
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - PART I - EXTERIOR
0:40 - Eastern Side - Exterior of the Cloister of King Afonso V
1:02 - Eastern Side - Exterior of the Chapterhouse
2:03 - Eastern Side - Exterior of the Royal Cloister
2:21 - Eastern Side - Exterior of the Unfinished Chapels
3:22 - Southern Side - Exterior of the Unfinished Chapels
3:48 - Southern Side - Lateral portal of the Church
4:47 - Western Side - Church and Founder's Chapel façades
5:13 - Western Side - Church's main portal
6:43 - PART II - CHURCH
6:58 - Main nave
7:20 - Tomb on the church's floor
7:29 - Light reflections coloured by the façade's stained-glass windows
7:58 - Nave on the Gospel side
8:43 - Views of the main nave
9:00 - Chancel
9:25 - Transept's vault
9:51 - Views of the naves' vaults
10:35 - Decoration on the column bases
10:46 - Nave on the Epistle side
10:55 - Chapel of Our Lady of Piety
11:11 - Chapel of the Holy Sacrament
11:29 - Portal on the Gospel side
11:36 - Internal view of the church's lateral portal
11:49 - Holy water font
11:59 - Tomb on the wall on the Gospel side
12:19 - View of the chancel's vault and stained-glass windows
12:44 - Views of the transept
13:23 - Main altar in the chancel of the Parish Church of Batalha
13:34 - PART III - FOUNDER'S CHAPEL
13:50 - Portal of the Founder's Chapel
14:02 - Views of the vaults and of the Chapel's interior
14:33 - Stellar vault on the centre of the Chapel
15:03 - Views of the tomb of king D. João I and queen Philippa of Lancaster
15:47 - Drawing of the effigies on the tomb (James Murphy)
16:02 - Tomb's head end
16:13 - Tombs of the sons of king D. João I and queen Philippa of Lancaster
17:32 - Interior view of the portal
17:44 - Views of the vaults and stained-glass windows
18:16 - Drawing of the Chapel's southern façade (James Murphy)
18:31 - PART IV - CLOISTERS
18:46 - Royal Cloister
19:00 - Mural painting on the Southern wall
19:10 - Views of the arches and its decoration
19:38 - General view of the Royal Cloister
19:46 - Gothic arch and Manueline screens
20:06 - Views of the garden area and of the Cloister's arches
20:58 - Views of the vaults in the Royal Cloister's galleries
21:16 - Chapterhouse
21:49 - Manueline portal of the Old Chapter and details of its decoration
22:17 - Manueline decoration in the Royal Cloister's arches
22:34 - Lavabo and fountain in the Royal Cloister
23:30 - Mural painting in the Western wall
23:40 - Cloister of king Afonso V - General view
23:57 - Views of the galleries
24:45 - Views of the galleries' vaults
25:03 - View of the upper floor in the Cloister of king Afonso V
25:15 - Walking through the galleries of the Cloister's upper floor
25:49 - Tower clock mechanism (15th century)
26:05 - PART V - UNFINISHED CHAPELS
26:21 - Portal of the Chapels and vault of the vestibule
26:42 - Closed portal and window on the Northern side
26:56 - Vault and keystones with Manueline heraldry
27:02 - Portal of the Unfinished Chapels
27:19 - Portal - Detailed view
27:59 - View of the interior of the Unfinished Chapels
28:25 - Tomb and funeral chapel of king D. Duarte and queen D. Leonor
28:46 - Tomb of prince D. João, son of king D. Afonso V
29:06 - Views of the chapels and the tombs they contain
29:44 - Details of the decoration on the bases of the columns
29:59 - Renaissance style balcony and interior view of the portal
30:23 - Interior side of the portal - detailed view
30:51 - Vaults and stained-glass windows in the funeral chapels
31:22 - Details of the decoration of the Unfinished Chapels' portal
32:41 - General view of the Unfinished Chapels' interior
33:01 - Design proposal, by James Murphy, for the completion of the Unfinished Chapels
33:16 - Silhouetted view of the portal
Shot, edited, researched and narrated by Carlos de Figueiredo.