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EXPERIENCE Estremadura and Ribatejo

3 geometric and floral designs.
The architect is believed to
TOMAR have been Francisco de
Holanda (1517–84), who

! E4 £ Tomar @ From Lisbon, Coimbra & Leiria worked for King João III.
n Avenida Dr Cândido Madureira; 249 329 823
Founded in 1157 by Gualdim Pais, the first Grand Master 2
of the Order of the Templars in Portugal, Tomar is Museu Luso-Hebraico
dominated by the Convento de Cristo. The heart of de Abraham Zacuto
this charming town is a neat grid of narrow streets. ⌂ Rua Dr Joaquim Jacinto
§ 249 329 814
¢ For renovations
1 basilica Nossa Senhora da Built in 1430–60, with four tall
Conceição. Built between
Nossa Senhora 1530 and 1550, it was columns and a vaulted ceiling,
da Conceição conceived as a funerary this is one of the oldest
pantheon. Its simple exterior synagogues in Portugal. The
⌂ Ermida da Imaculada
Conceição § 249 322 427 contrasts with the elegantly building was last used as a
proportioned and delicately place of worship in 1497, after
On the slopes of the hill carved Corinthian columns of which Manuel I banished all
leading up to the Convento the interior. The ceiling of the Jews who refused to convert
do Cristo is the Renaissance transept is decor ated with to Christianity. It has since had
a varied existence, serving
as a prison, a hay loft and
a warehouse. Today, it
appropriately holds a small
Jewish museum named after
Abraham Zacuto, a renowned
15th-century astronomer
and mathematician.

The ornately decorated
interior of Nossa Senhora
da Conceição, dating from
the Renaissance
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