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Nearby, the sumptuous 16th-century Igreja de São Roque features a lavish baroque chapel of São João Baptista (St. John the Baptist) and a small museum of sacred art.
The tourist office on Rua João Mendonça can arrange boat trips to explore extensive salt pans and see the rich variety of birdlife.
At one end is the spectacular baroque Biblioteca Joanina (library), constructed in 1720 with João V’s Brazilian wealth (also instrumental in building the great library at Mafra; see page 42).
The army of Juan I of Castile invaded Portugal in 1383, but João of Avis, recently proclaimed King João I of Portugal, defeated the Spaniards in a decisive battle which was fought in 1385 at Aljubarrota, about 100km (62 miles) north of Lisbon.
Within these granite walls, João I married his English bride, Philippa of Lancaster, in 1387 (the scene is depicted in azulejos in São Bento railway station), thus sealing the ancient alliance between Portugal and England — an alliance with particular strength in Porto due to the overwhelming English involvement in the port wine trade.