The Monastery of Batalha in Portugal was commissioned by King John I after the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota. Afonso Domingues began it in 1386, followed by Huguet, Fernão de Évora and Mateus Fernandes the Elder, with João de Castilho credited with a tribune in 1532. King Edward commissioned the Unfinished Chapels. The article gives completion as about 1517.
The article calls the style Late Flamboyant Gothic intermingled with Manueline. It mentions stone, marble and stained glass. The nave is about 106 feet (32.4 m) high, though the text gives both 32.46 m and 32.4 m. The church is 72 feet (22 m) wide, and the chapterhouse spans 62 feet (19 m).
Troops under Masséna sacked it in 1810 and 1811, and the Dominicans were expelled in 1834. Restoration began in 1840, and it became a National Monument on January 10, 1907. UNESCO listed it in 1983. It has been a museum since 1980, and the article gives no hours.
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