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    The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, IPA: [muʃˈtɐjɾu ðu(ʒ) ʒɨˈɾɔnimuʃ]) is a former monastery of the...
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    Catholic monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in the civil parish of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, in Lisbon. At the time, convents and monasteries used large quantities...
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    monuments of Lisbon and Portugal alike, such as the Belém Tower, the Jerónimos Monastery, the Padrão dos Descobrimentos, and Belém Palace (official residence...
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    Belém's other major historical building is the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery), which the Torre de Belém was built partly to defend. Belém's...
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    motorway, is the Praça do Império (Empire Square) which fronts the Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Cultural Center and the green-spaces of the Jardim Vasco da...
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    principalmente a architectura gothica, in his description of the Jerónimos Monastery. Varnhagen named the style after King Manuel I, whose reign (1495–1521)...
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    the tower has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Jerónimos Monastery. It is often portrayed as a symbol of Europe's Age of Discoveries...
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    and sponsor the construction of religious buildings, such as the Monastery of Jerónimos. Manuel also endeavoured to promote another crusade against the...
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    years his remains were relocated to Lisbon and is now interred at Jerónimos Monastery. Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route from Europe to India...
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    European Union at the time, arranged a ceremony inside the 15th-century Jerónimos Monastery, the same place Portugal's treaty of accession to the European Union...
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    the king decided to put all his efforts in the construction of the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon. The earthquake of 1755 did some damage, but much greater...
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    en route. Da Gama disembarked at the Azores to bury his brother at the monastery of São Francisco in Angra do Heroismo, and lingered there for a little...
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    recuperated. She died in Lisbon on 7 March 1517, and was buried at the Jerónimos Monastery of Belém. In 1580, the dynastic links from the marriage led to a...
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    Church in Spain Jerónimos Monastery List of oldest church buildings (in Spanish) "Historia de San Jerónimo el Real". Parroquia San Jerónimo el Real. Retrieved...
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    to have received his remains from Morocco and buried them in the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, Lisbon, after he ascended to the Portuguese throne in 1580...
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    Coimbra. In 1517 he was commissioned the central portico of the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém and the praying figures of King Manuel and Queen Maria;...
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  • 1922. One of the most important examples of Manueline style is the Jerónimos Monastery at Lisbon, in which Renaissance ornaments decorate portals, church...
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    Berardo. Between 2019 and 2024, Dalila Rodrigues was director of the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower, two of the most visited monuments in Portugal...
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    was also very fond of this sanctuary, and ordered the construction of a monastery on this site which was donated to the Order of Saint Jerome. For centuries...
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    Convent of Christ (Tomar) Jerónimos Monastery El Jadida Batalha Monastery Alcobaça Monastery. Juan de Castillo at Hermitage Jerónimos. The ornate Manueline...
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    Gil Vicente, and offered by king Dom Manuel I of Portugal to the Jerónimos Monastery. Nowadays in the National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal. The Diamond...
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    the church of the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, finished in the 1520s by architect João de Castilho. The nave of the Setúbal Monastery is supported by...
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    Convento do Desterro, and then the government moved the institution to Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon at 1833. In 1942, it created a network of homes for children...
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    and attending a debate on ocean protection. She also visited the Jerónimos Monastery, where she paid tribute to the poet Luís de Camões, and later went...
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    government of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, held at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal, on 17 July 1996. This summit formally created...
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    Palace Religious buildings Conceição Velha Church Estrela Basilica Jerónimos Monastery Igreja dos Anjos Igreja da Madalena Igreja da Memória Igreja do Menino...
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  • asset manager. On 13 May 1995 she married Duarte Pio de Bragança, at Jerónimos Monastery. Present at the ceremony were representatives of various European...
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    built in 1956, in an old stone quarry. It is situated behind the Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon parish of Belém. It is currently used mostly for football...
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    seen today in the magnificent structures built then, including the Jerónimos Monastery and the nearby Tower of Belém, each classified a UNESCO World Heritage...
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