Alcobaça, Municipality center in Oeste region, Portugal
The city extends along the valleys of Alcoa and Baça rivers, with a population of 15,800 residents in an area of 408 square kilometers.
King Afonso Henriques ordered the construction of a church to mark the conquest of Santarém from the Moors in 1147, establishing Alcobaça's foundation.
The Monastery houses the detailed marble tombs of King Pedro I and Inês de Castro, displaying Portuguese Gothic architecture and royal medieval history.
The municipality connects to major cities through the A1 motorway and regular train services on the Linha do Oeste railway line.
The monastery's kitchen contains an enormous chimney system and water channel design that enabled medieval monks to cook for hundreds of people simultaneously.
Location: Leiria
Location: Oeste Subregion
Elevation above the sea: 42 m
Shares border with: Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Rio Maior, Porto de Mós, Leiria, Marinha Grande
Phone: +351262580800
Email: cmalcobaca@cm-alcobaca.pt
Website: https://cm-alcobaca.pt
GPS coordinates: 39.55000,-8.97500
Latest update: May 27, 2025 06:52
Alcobaça Monastery
456 m
Praia do Norte
11.3 km
Tomb of Inês de Castro
401 m
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré
10.7 km
Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo
11.2 km
Nazaré Funicular
10.3 km
Pataias
15.8 km
Parque D. Carlos I
21.4 km
Memory Hermitage of Nazaré
10.6 km
Igreja de São Gião
9.9 km
Abadia de Alcobaça
715 m
Nazaré Lighthouse
11.2 km
José Malhoa Museum
21.5 km
Castle of Alcobaça
623 m
Igreja de Santa Maria de Cós
6 km
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pópulo
21.2 km
Escola Superior de Artes e Design
22.3 km
Museu de Cerâmica
21.4 km
Nazaré Bullring
10.5 km
Paul de Tornada
18 km
Museu do Hospital e das Caldas
21.1 km
Termas da Piedade
3.2 km
Castelo de Alfeizerão
12.9 km
Alpedriz
9.1 km
Alcobaça
39 m
Chafariz das Cinco Bicas
21.1 km
Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição
21.1 km
Mata Rainha D. Leonor
20.8 kmReviews
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