A monastery older than certainty
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The Monastery of Refojos already existed in the early 12th century, but the municipal review does not fix the foundation. It questions the traditional assignments to Hermínio Fafes and Gomes Soeiro.
The source links the medieval patronate to noble families in the region. Separate two questions: when we know the monastery existed and when it was founded. A documented date of existence does not solve the second question by itself.
A monastery, several stories
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A link to the University of Coimbra
Between a monastery and a university →Wood that looks like marble
Two organs, one of them mute →Land cultivated by the convent
Beyond the church, a cultivated land →The building after the monks
After the monks, other lives →
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Municipality — history and art of Mosteiro de São Miguel de Refojos
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