This is a common small village with a precious gem – one of the first monasteries of the independent Portugal, the first of Cister order, a few years before Alcobaça.
Highlights in São João de Tarouca:
The monastery is all that may take us to this village. Only the church is well preserved, but it surely deserves the trip.

Church and ruins of São João de Tarouca
Monastery of São João de Tarouca São João de Tarouca At the beginning of nationality, the conquest of territory from ... Read More