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Do you get the connection?
Monisterio dos Jeronimos is on the left and the Church of Santa Maria is on the right. The breeze way entrance, to the right leads into the West entrance to the Church.
Straight ahead, at the back of the breezeway is the entry to the Cloisters.
In 1496, King Manuel I (1495–1521) asked the pope for permission to build a great monastery in thanks to the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama's successful voyage to India. The request was granted and construction began on the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos on January 6, 1501. The project was funded by treasures from explorations in Africa, Asia, and South America, as well as a stiff tax on the Portuguese-controlled spice trade with Africa and the East. It was originally meant as a church for the burial of the House of Aviz, but it also became a house of prayer for seamen leaving or entering port.
The original construction of the monastery began in 1502 and took 50 years to complete.
The monastery withstood the Great Earthquake of 1755 without too much damage. But when the building became vacant in 1833 by the abolition of the religious orders in Portugal, it began to deteriorate to the point of almost collapsing. A cupola was later added to the southwestern tower.
Belem District
Lisbon, Portugal
Do you get the connection?
Monisterio dos Jeronimos is on the left and the Church of Santa Maria is on the right. The breeze way entrance, to the right leads into the West entrance to the Church.
Straight ahead, at the back of the breezeway is the entry to the Cloisters.
In 1496, King Manuel I (1495–1521) asked the pope for permission to build a great monastery in thanks to the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama's successful voyage to India. The request was granted and construction began on the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos on January 6, 1501. The project was funded by treasures from explorations in Africa, Asia, and South America, as well as a stiff tax on the Portuguese-controlled spice trade with Africa and the East. It was originally meant as a church for the burial of the House of Aviz, but it also became a house of prayer for seamen leaving or entering port.
The original construction of the monastery began in 1502 and took 50 years to complete.
The monastery withstood the Great Earthquake of 1755 without too much damage. But when the building became vacant in 1833 by the abolition of the religious orders in Portugal, it began to deteriorate to the point of almost collapsing. A cupola was later added to the southwestern tower.
Belem District
Lisbon, Portugal