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1 Convento de Cristo
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2 Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
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3 Igreja de São João Baptista
C2
4 Museu dos Fósforos
C4
5 Museu Luso-Hebraico Abraham Zacuto
C2
6 Núcleo De Arte Contemporânea
C1
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7 Estalagem de Santa Iria
C1
8 Hotel Cavaleiros de Cristo
C2
9 Residencial União
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10 Calça Perra
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11 La Bella
C2
12 O Infante
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13 Restaurante Tabuleiro
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Drinking & Nightlife
14 Café Paraíso
C2
15 Theatro
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Convento de Cristo
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( www.conventocristo.pt ; Rua Castelo dos Templários; adult/child €6/free, with Alcobaça and Batalha monasteries €15;
9am-6.30pm Jun-Sep, to 5.30pm Oct-May) Wrapped in equal parts splendour and mystery, the
Knights Templar held enormous power in Portugal from the 12th to 16th centuries, largely
bankrolling the Age of Discoveries. Their headquarters are set on wooded slopes above
the town and enclosed within 12th-century walls. The Convento de Cristo is a stony ex-
 
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