Alcobaça IPR
Alcobaça may refer to: * Alcobaça, Bahia, a municipality in Brazil * Alcobaça, Portugal, a municipality in Portugal ** Alcobaça Monastery ** Alcobaça wine Alcobaça is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Alcobaça in the Estremadura region. The region was initially an '' Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada'' (IPR) region, but in 2005 it became one of two subregions of the Encosta ...

Alcobaça, Bahia
Alcobaça is a municipality of Bahia, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... The municipality contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested. The Timbebas reef opposite Alcobaça is part of the Abrolhos Marine National Park, a conservation unit created in 1983. References Populated coastal places in Bahia Municipalities in Bahia {{Bahia-geo-stub ...
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Alcobaça, Portugal
Alcobaça () is a Portugal, Portuguese city and municipality in the Intermunicipal communities of Portugal, intermunicipal community Oeste (intermunicipal community), Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo, in the historical province of Estremadura Province (1936–1976), Estremadura, and in the Leiria District. The city grew along the valleys of the rivers Alcoa River, Alcoa and Baça, from which it derives its name. The municipality population in 2011 was 56,693, in an area of . The city proper has a population of 15,800 inhabitants. The city of Alcobaça became notable after the first king of Portugal, Afonso I of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, decided to build a church to commemorate the Conquest of Santarém from the Moors in 1147. The church later evolved into the Alcobaça Monastery, Monastery of Alcobaça, one of the most magnificent gothic architecture, Gothic monuments in the country. In the church are the tombs of Peter I of Portugal, Pedro I of Portugal and his murdered ...
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Alcobaça Monastery
The Alcobaça Monastery or Alcobasa Monastery (, ''Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça'') is a Catholic monastic complex located in the town of Alcobaça, Portugal, Alcobaça (or Alcobasa, ), in central Portugal, north of Lisbon and south of Coimbra. The monastery was established in 1153 by the first Portuguese king, Afonso Henriques, and would develop a close association with the Portuguese monarchy throughout its seven-century-long history. This association led to the monastery becoming the richest and most influential in Portugal by 1300, with a population of almost 1,000 monks and business interests including farming, fishing and trade. It closed in 1834, amid the dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal. The church and monastery were the first Gothic architecture, Gothic buildings in Portugal, and, together with the roughly older Augustinians, Augustinian Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, it was one of the most important mediaeval monasteries in Portugal. Due to its ar ...
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