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Friday, March 23, 2012
Manueline cloister screen
At the Royal Cloister in Batalha,
The crosses are the symbol of both the King of Portugal and the Order of Christ, the order of knights whose wealth was used by Prince Henry the Navigator to pay for the voyages of exploration.
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