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Manga Garden
Coimbra
Presentation
In former times, it was located in the centre of one of the three cloisters of the Santa Cruz Monastery, in Coimbra. However, the legend says that the name is due to the fact that King D. João III traced its design on the sleeve of his gibbon (ancient garment).
Distance from Bairrada Spaces
Curia: 25,8km - 34min
Oliveira do Bairro: 60,6km - 44min
Extra Information
João de Ruão designed the plan and made the bas-reliefs for the interior of the four cubels or chapels.
It is one of the first entirely Renaissance architectural works made in Portugal, and its structure is evocative of the Fountain of Life.