Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon

World Heritage

Portugal

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The Monastery of São Jerónimo, located at the entrance to Lisbon Harbour, was founded in 1502 and is a fine example of Portuguese art. The nearby Belém Tower was built to commemorate the expedition of Vasco da Gama, a reminder of the great voyages of discovery that laid the foundations of the modern world.

# Monastery of St. Jerome

# Belem Tower

# Portuguese Art

# Vasco da Gama

# Great Maritime Discovery

# Modern World

The ornate Manueline south portal by João de Castilho

The Monastery in the mid-18th century

The official picture taken after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty in front of the South Portal

The main visitors entrance and wings housing the Maritime Museum and the National Archaeology Museum...

Two-storey cloisters

The entrance to the main church and cloister

The fountains in the Praça do Império, with symbols from the zodiac in the calçada

Decorated cloister arches

Neomanueline tomb of navigator Vasco da Gama

The Western portal, transition from the Gothic style to Renaissance, by sculptor Nicolau Chanterene,...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

number of rooms	lccn-n86052654
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0509kv
location	Santa Maria de Belém
Commons category	Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
located in time zone	Western European Time
inception	1502-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(-9.206666666 38.6975)
Commons gallery	Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
date of official opening	1601-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label	Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
category of people buried here	Category:Tombs in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
area	2.57
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
Catholic rite	Roman Rite
uses	4502471-6
country	Portugal
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosteiro%20dos%20Geronimos%202.JPG
architect	Diego de Torralva
architect	Nicolau Chanterene
architect	Diogo de Boitaca
located in the administrative territorial entity	Belém
architectural style	Renaissance architecture
ISNI	0000 0004 0607 6786
executive body	Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
location of creation	Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
IPA transcription	2625959

official website	http://www.mosteirojeronimos.pt
language of work or name	English
heritage designation	Category:Views of Pienza
start time	1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Monastery of the Hieronymites
area	51.5
applies to part	buffer zone