Fountain in the cloisters of King Joao I at the Mnastery/Mosteiro of Batalha Portugal.

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Mosteiro de Batalha, cloisters of King Joao I with water fountain.

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We can only gaze in awe and try to imagine the ceiling vaulting had it ever been finished. A few have tried to imagine it but in my humble opinion failed.

The architect responsible was Huguet who died during it's construction. What had Huguet in mind when he designed such massive ccolumns to support the vaulting? Did he perhaps draw inspiration from another Panteon in classical architecture? A mystery indeed as no drawings ever came to light unless they remain unrecognised in the Torre de Tombo in Lisbon?

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The Unfinished Chapels of the Mosteiro de Batalha, Sta Maria de Vitoria.

The Pantheon of King Duarte, more usually known as the Unfinished Chapels,

The architect responsible was Huguet who died during it's construction. Little is known of his provenence.

It was only in the 1940s that the Pantheon of King Duarte came to house the twin tomb of the King and his Queen Leonor who lie together holding handss in perpetuity.

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Fountain at Cloister of King João 1 in the Monastery of Batalha.

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