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Monumento Nacional, o Claustro da Manga<br />

carrega em si um imenso valor patrimonial que,<br />

construído na década de 30 do século XVI, como<br />

obra renascentista, juntamente com o jardim<br />

que o rodeia, é reconhecido como uma das mais<br />

importantes Fontes da Vida da arquitectura<br />

europeia, sendo inspirada pelas casas de fresco<br />

renascentistas italianas. Os pormenores são muitos,<br />

desde a cúpula que representa o universo ou o<br />

firmamento; os 4 pequenos lagos que representam<br />

os rios Gehon, Físon, Tigre e Eufrates e que<br />

correm em direcção aos 4 pontos cardeais; e<br />

os 4 corredores que dão acesso às torres e que<br />

simbolizam a vida terrena.<br />

160<br />

A National Monument, the Manga Cloister carries<br />

in itself an immense heritage value that, built in<br />

the 1930s as a Renaissance work, together with<br />

the garden that surrounds it, is recognised as<br />

one of the most important Fountains of Life in<br />

European architecture, being inspired by the Italian<br />

Renaissance fresco houses. The details are many,<br />

from the dome that represents the universe or the<br />

firmament; the 4 small lakes that represent the<br />

Gehon, Phyton, Tigris and Euphrates rivers and<br />

that flow towards the 4 cardinal points; and the 4<br />

corridors that give access to the towers and that<br />

symbolise earthly life.

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