The Marmorial Sobrado, was classified as a national monument in 1950. Also known by marmorial Boavista. has a type different from others by not presenting arc. Formed by two headlands with vertical engraved crosses within which lie 2 horizontal slabs. The top is rectangular and the bottom, corresponding to a tomb cover, has a convex shape on the surface.
At the bottom slab were recorded a long sword and a Greek cross inscribed in a circle. The external sides of both slabs were recorded swords.
What Marmoiral of Sobrado has been dated to the mid-thirteenth century.
According to legend is related to D. Mafalda, daughter of D. Sancho I. Referred to as the staging point in transferring his body to the Monastery of Arouca, where the princess was buried.
At the bottom slab were recorded a long sword and a Greek cross inscribed in a circle. The external sides of both slabs were recorded swords.
What Marmoiral of Sobrado has been dated to the mid-thirteenth century.
According to legend is related to D. Mafalda, daughter of D. Sancho I. Referred to as the staging point in transferring his body to the Monastery of Arouca, where the princess was buried.
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