Monastery of Flor da Rosa | Crato | Portugal 

We are 2km north of Vila do Crato, next to the Flor da Rosa Monastery. It fascinates us for its monumentality that results from the history of its construction.
It is made up of 3 different buildings that have been intertwined over time:
1. Gothic castle with changes in the 19th century. XVI
2. Gothic fortress-church, with a single nave of great height
3. Gothic convent dependencies - Mudejars.
At first, according to archaeological remains, Flor da Rosa seems to have been a defensive square, a composition of walls with an advanced tower to the north and another tower, eventually, to the south...... that is.... a fortress, probably inspired by the military architecture of the Holy Land, promoted by the Hospitallers.
It was not until 1341 that there was an intention to update the pre-existing fortress with the construction of defensive towers that would simultaneously serve as the order's stronghold, which had chosen Flor da Rosa as its headquarters.
Shortly afterwards, certainly from 1356 onwards, when the headquarters were made official, the construction of a large church was decided upon.
What struck me as interesting are the proportions used in this church;
1. The transept and the nave seem to have the same dimension
2. Although the nave and transept have the same dimensions...the transept crosses the nave in a Latin cross position
3. Excessive church height (more than 2x its width) for a single nave floor plan. It gives the impression that the transept took advantage of one of the southern towers of the primitive fortification.
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