Portuguese Gothic architecture is the architectural style prevalent in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages. As in other parts of Europe, Gothic style slowly replaced Romanesque architecture in the period between the late 12th and the 13th century.

The Manueline (Portuguese: estilo manuelino, IPA: [ɨʃˈtilu mɐnweˈlinu]), occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural style originating in the 16th century, during the Portuguese Renaissance and Age of Discoveries.

The Manueline style, or Portuguese late Gothic, is the flamboyant, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral.

2024年4月1日 · All were built or rebuilt during the reign of Manuel I. This Portuguese late Gothic style revolved around exaggerating Gothic decorations and mixing them with natural elements, thus stirring people’s interest.

6 天之前 · Romanesque and Gothic influences have given Portugal some of its greatest cathedrals, and in the late 16th century a national style— Arte Manuelina—was synthesized by adapting several forms into a luxuriantly ornamented whole.

Manueline, particularly rich and lavish style of architectural ornamentation indigenous to Portugal in the early 16th century. Although the Manueline style actually continued for some time after the death of Manuel I (reigned 1495–1521), it is the prosperity of his reign that the style celebrates.

Western architecture - Portugal, Gothic, Baroque: The architecture of Portugal tends to parallel the development of Spanish architecture. The Manueline style of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, like the Plateresque of Spain, was a very decorative mode in which small motifs of Classical ornament were introduced into a local late Gothic style.

Manueline (Portuguese late Gothic) is a unique style of Portuguese architecture. It takes its name from the reign of King Manuel I who ruled the country between 1495 and 1521. This was the time of the Age of Discoveries and a new-found confidence and wealth in Portugal.

2024年6月22日 · Closely associated with the beginning of the Portuguese monarchy, the national Gothic style is elegant and ethereal with strains of the Romanesque sobriety and austere grace seen in some of its earliest examples.

2023年9月28日 · Notable examples of Portuguese Gothic architecture include the Batalha Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, exemplifies the Gothic style with its soaring spires and delicate tracery. Manueline decorative style is a uniquely Portuguese phenomenon, celebrated for its exuberance and maritime-inspired motifs.