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This is a view of one inner courtyards of Flor da Rosa (Flower of the Rose) Monastery.
A castle, a convent and a palace, built in different periods, were the origin of this ecclesiastical architectural work of outstanding harmony. The former Knights of the Order of Malta's monastery is surrounded in medieval mystic. In the second half of the 14th century, friar Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, the hospital prior, ordered the building of the Flor da Rosa Monastery, where he would live. This building, with its medieval roots, has a gothic structure, from which certain architectural details from other eras emerge from time to time, particularly Manueline (16th century) features as a result of subsequent building work. After the elimination of the religious orders in Portugal in 1834, the monastery was abandoned, which greatly accelerated its decay and ruin. Thus, when at the end of the nineteenth century a violent storm devastated the region, the torrential rains caused the roof of church nave to collapse, among other things. It was not rebuilt until many years later. It's a luxury Inn since 1995 - Crato, Portugal

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