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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Da Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

is a building in Lisbon (Portugal), in the Belém district.

 

The associated church of Santa Maria de Belém is dedicated to Mary.

 

The Mosteiro de Belém is one of the most important buildings of the Manueline (Manuel I, 1495-1521), a Portuguese variant of the late Gothic, which also contains some elements of the Renaissance.

 

Among other things, it houses the sarcophagi of Fernando Pessoa, Vasco da Gama and Luís de Camões and various Portuguese kings.

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