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Symbolism

Chivalry´s own myths, particularly for the Templar age, are particularly visible in the vestiges that have reached us and the history we know about the Castle of Tomar and the Charola.
Later, with the creation of the Order of Christ and its resulting changes, the involvement of the Knights of Christ in the maritime Discoveries has its paradigm through the Manueline style featured in a wide number of this monument spaces.
King John III´s reform introduces Renaissance symbolism in the Convent of Christ blending Christian mysticism own themes with inherited myths from Classic Antiquity.

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