Batalha
Batalha is a locality in Batalha, Leiria District and has about 7,910 residents. Batalha is situated nearby to the hamlet Jardoeira, as well as near Forneiros.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Batalha Monastery and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Batalha Monastery
Monastery
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The Monastery of Batalha is a Dominican convent in the municipality of Batalha, historical Beira Litoral province, in the Centro of Portugal. Originally, and officially, known as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory, it was erected in commemoration of the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota and would serve as the burial church of the 15th-century Aviz dynasty of Portuguese royalty.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Museum
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The Portuguese Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in the Sala do Capitulo at the Monastery of Batalha, near Leiria. It holds the bodies of two soldiers of World War I – one from the battlefields of Flanders, and one from the African theatre – who were buried there on 6 April 1921.
Câmara Municipal da Batalha
Town hall
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Câmara Municipal da Batalha is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calvaria de Cima and Cortes.
Calvaria de Cima
Village
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Calvaria de Cima is a civil parish in the municipality of Porto de Mós, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 2,477, in an area of 10.11 km2. Calvaria de Cima is situated 4 km southwest of Batalha.
Cortes
Village
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Cortes is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Batalha.
Alqueidão da Serra
Village
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Alqueidão da Serra is a civil parish in the municipality of Porto de Mós, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 1,549, in an area of 21.27 km2. It features a 100m long Roman road which was built between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. Alqueidão da Serra is situated 6 km southeast of Batalha.
Batalha
- Type: Locality with 7,910 residents
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Batalha, Leiria District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Batalha” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Batalha”
- Bishnupriya: “বাটালহা”
- Breton: “Batalha”
- Catalan: “Batalha”
- Cebuano: “Batalha”
- Chinese: “巴塔利亞”
- Croatian: “Batalha”
- Czech: “Batalha”
- Dutch: “Batalha”
- Esperanto: “Batalha”
- French: “Batalha”
- Galician: “Batalha”
- German: “Batalha”
- Greek: “Μπατάλια”
- Italian: “Batalha”
- Japanese: “バターリャ”
- Lithuanian: “Batalja”
- Malay: “Batalha”
- Norwegian: “Batalha”
- Polish: “Batalha”
- Portuguese: “Batalha”
- Romanian: “Batalha”
- Russian: “Баталья”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Batalha”
- Spanish: “Batalha”
- Swedish: “Batalha”
- Turkish: “Batalha”
- Ukrainian: “Баталя”
- Vietnamese: “Batalha”
- Volapük: “Batalha”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museu da Comunidade Concelhia da Batalha and Hotel Residencial Batalha.
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