Portugal
Leiria District
Batalha

Batalha Monastery

The Monastery of Batalha is a Dominican convent in the municipality of , 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.
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  • Email: geral@mbatalha.dgpc.pt
  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: building in Batalha, Leiria District, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Batalha”, “Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory”, “Mosteiro da Batalha”, and “Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Pelourinho da Batalha.

Museum
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The is located in the Sala do Capitulo at the Monastery of Batalha, near . It holds the bodies of two soldiers of World War I – one from the battlefields of , and one from the African theatre – who were buried there on 6 April 1921.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 160 metres southeast of Batalha Monastery.

Church
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is a church in , . It is classified as a National Monument. is situated 200 metres southeast of Batalha Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calvaria de Cima and Cortes.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of , Portugal. The population in 2021 was 2,477, in an area of 10.11 km2. is situated 4 km southwest of Batalha Monastery.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Batalha Monastery.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of , 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. is situated 6 km southeast of Batalha Monastery.

Batalha Monastery

Latitude
39.65924° or 39° 39′ 33″ north
Longitude
-8.82557° or 8° 49′ 32″ west
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
8CFHM55F+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 444670165
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
11810085
Wiki­data ID
Q174779
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Batalha Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Batalhas”
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Batalhës”
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Betejës”
  • Arabic: “دير باتالها”
  • Armenian: “Բատալիայի վանք”
  • Basque: “Batalhako monasterioa”
  • Belarusian: “Кляштар Баталья”
  • Bulgarian: “Манастир Баталя”
  • Bulgarian: “Манастир на Баталя”
  • Burmese: “ဘာတာလျာ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Batalha”
  • Chinese: “巴塔利亚修道院”
  • Croatian: “Samostan Batalha”
  • Czech: “Klášter Batalha”
  • Danish: “Batalha Kloster”
  • Danish: “Moistero da Bathalha”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Batalha”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo de Batalha”
  • Finnish: “Batalhan luostari”
  • French: “Monastère de batalha”
  • French: “Monastère de Batalha”
  • French: “monastère de Saint Marie de la Victoire à Batalha”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Batalha”
  • Georgian: “ბატალიის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Batalha”
  • German: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Greek: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Greek: “Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι της Μπατάλια”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר בטאליה”
  • Hindi: “बटाल्हा का मठ”
  • Hungarian: “Győzelmes Szűz Mária-kolostor”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Batalha”
  • Japanese: “バターリャ修道院”
  • Korean: “바탈랴 수도원”
  • Latvian: “Bataljas klosteris”
  • Lithuanian: “Bataljos vienuolynas”
  • Malayalam: “ബതൽഹ മൊണാസ്ട്രി”
  • Malayalam: “മൊണാസ്ട്രിയോ ഡെ സാന്ത മരിയ ഡ വിറ്റോറിയ”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Batalha”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Batalha”
  • Mingrelian: “ბატალიაშ მონასტერი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Norwegian: “Klosteret i Batalha”
  • Persian: “صومعه باتالها”
  • Polish: “Klasztor w Batalha”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória”
  • Romanian: “mănăstirea Batalha”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Баталья”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Санта-Мария-да-Витория”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Manachainn Batalha”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samostan u Batalhi”
  • Slovenian: “Mosteiro da Batalha”
  • Slovenian: “samostan Batalha”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Batalha”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Batalha”
  • Swedish: “Klostret i Batalha”
  • Turkish: “Batalha Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Батальський монастир”
  • Ukrainian: “Баталья (монастир)”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Санта-Марія-да-Віторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Марія-да-Віторія (монастир)”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Batalha”

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