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Updated: June 19, 2025
These letters make it possible to understand how buildings in those days took such a long time to finish, and how João de Castilho though it was at least begun in 1545 was able to do so little to the Claustro dos Filippes in the following six years. The last letter also seems to show that some at least of the labour was forced.
With the beginning of the Claustro dos Filippes the work of João de Castilho comes to an end. He had been actively employed for about forty years, beginning and ending at Thomar, finishing Belem, and adding to Alcobaça, besides improving the now vanished royal palace and even fortifying Mazagão on the Moroccan coast, where perhaps his work may still survive.
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