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Space and Organisation

The ensemble is divided into three distinct areas:
The Templar castle with the village surroundings changed into green produce gardens in the Renaissance.
The Templar house, partially adapted by Prince Henry to a convent with two Gothic cloisters and the Master's home area adapted to manor house (Alcazaba and contiguous spaces).
The Renaissance cloistered convent with cloisters, dormitories, refectory, kitchen, scriptorium and other monastic life functional areas, and a rural area, Cerca dos Sete Montes (Wall of the Seven Hills).

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