A 16th-century monastery carved into granite boulders in a remote forest, where eight monks lived in austere conditions with stone beds, deliberately low doorways requiring constant bowing, and cork-lined walls for insulation and comfort. Visitors explore narrow cave-like passages connecting small chapels, dormitories, and retreat rooms nestled between moss-covered rocks, experiencing the monks' deliberate separation from the outside world in one of Portugal's most unusual religious structures.
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