The last judgement ...

According to several historians Dom Pedro had left instructions that both Dona Inêz de Castro, his long time lover, murdered in 1355 and he (having died in 1367) should be buried with their feet towards each other, so at Ressurection he should be able to see her rising from her tomb.

On their limestone tombs, which are very much alike in design, there are 3 angels on each side of their lifesized carved heads and although many doubts persist as to whether they are about to lift them from where they are lying or there to just help them being laid down, many would like to believe it is the latest.

Intricate love and betrayal stories like this one have always filled our imagination and having known these characters existed further adds to wanting to get to know every little detail of their disturbed lives, namely the one that lead him to have her crowned as queen after having been buried in a ceremony which one would only expect to watch in films.


As I was looking at the "last judgement" depicted at the foot of Dona Inêz tombstone I just wondered about the whole concept of judgement and which variables would be used at one's last judgement ...