Quinta do Espinheiro Travel Guide

 johnsakura Says:  bell tower view of the convent's church in the other side of the cloisters where the church building stands. 

 johnsakura Says:  now a view of the whole 3 together. at this momment a lady came and dsaid i had to leave. i asked i i could see the rest and she said: well i havent seen you here boy, but you must leave fast. 

 johnsakura Says:  image of pipes being put in construction site. I personaly love this picture. I love contrasts everywhere and in all. 

 johnsakura Says:  way out. yes we're goind down to the first floor. lets go. hope you're not tired of this virtual tour in the convent of espinheiro reconstruction site. 

 johnsakura Says:  Yup we got to the cloisters area in the 2nd floor. This is an amazing 4 floors cloisters...just amazing. 

 johnsakura Says:  After the room with the old expensive artifacts you have this magnificient roof. impressive job this one. 

 johnsakura Says:  Going in the direction of the cloisters you have lots of rooms like this one where you can still notice some old artifacts still exist along with the construction taking place. 

 johnsakura Says:  Going down to the 2nd floor. You can see how the walls are being rebuild. All is being constructed new to have nice wuality facilities for ne upcomming luxurious hotel. 

 johnsakura Says:  This is the gate entrance to the Tomb Chapel of Garcia de Resende and other parts of the convent. You can notice a small door that makes our way up indise the convent. First before we got exactly inside the convent we go to see whats up the roof in a small terrace in the 3rd... 

 johnsakura Says:  Walking down the church and heading the arch that gives you another entrance inside the convent therea re lots of materials being used to rebuild the convent.Notice the interesting pattern these small cars create all together. 

 johnsakura Says:  Getting a bit closer to the gate that serves of entry to the convent church you can notice some wood reconstructions are also made. the whole convent is being tare apart to make everything new. This is very good cos with this the convent will rebrn and be beautiful, new as... 

 johnsakura Says:  Comming out from the wall this is what you can see. The convent being reconstructed to make a 5 start luxury hotel. This is the north part of the church inside the convent itself. 

 johnsakura Says:  In the other side of the ruined wall you can see the upper part of the church's convent being rebuilt. You can already notice the part of the garden of thec convent which is full of orange trees.. 

 johnsakura Says:  This is the first thing i looked when i got into the convent area. I didn't know i counld be there. Its not alowed but only in the end of my visit someone came and put me out.On the image you have a ruined wall from whice i climbed and picked. you can see in the next picture... 

 johnsakura Says:  The nave has a ribbed vault and the walls exhibit 16th-century panels of tiles.Some info thankfuly taken from:http://viajar.clix.pt/com/tesouros.php?id=491 

 johnsakura Says:  The pavement is lined with Hispanic tiles from the beginning of the 16th century.Some info thankfuly taken from:http://viajar.clix.pt/com/tesouros.php?id=491 

 johnsakura Says:  When the religious orders in Portugal were banned in the 19th century, the tomb of Garcia de Resende was taken from this chapel, and it was only brought back in the 20th century. The small temple was recently restored.Some info thankfuly taken... 

 johnsakura Says:  The nave has a ribbed vault and the walls exhibit 16th-century panels of tiles.Some info thankfuly taken from:http://viajar.clix.pt/com/tesouros.php?id=491