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Chapel of Santa Maria (13th-14th century chapter hall). It was here that the Misericórdia of Coimbra worked. Cruise in polychrome stone of the century. XIV. The cloister is a construction of transition from Romanesque to Gothic. Built during the reign of D. Afonso II (1218-1223) it was however programmed since 1176. It would be D. Afonso II who would give a greater incentive to the construction of the Cloister because he intended that the remains of Chancellor Julião Pais be deposited there.
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