The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. It became the necropolis of the Portuguese royal dynasty of Aviz in the 16th century but was secularized on 28 December 1833 by state decree and its ownership transferred to the charitable institution, Real Casa Pia de Lisboa.
The fountains in the Praça do Império, with symbols from the zodiac in the calçada
The entrance to the main church and cloister
Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Jerónimos Monastery
The official picture taken after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty in front of the South Portal
The Hieronymites or Jeronimites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome, is a Catholic cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks living according to the Rule of Saint Augustine, though the role principle of their lives is that of the 5th-century hermit and biblical scholar Jerome.
The Monastery of Saint Mary of Parral, the current headquarters of the Order of Saint Jerome.
Entrance of the nuns' monastery of Saint Paula (Seville, Spain).
Cloister of the Monastery of Parral (Segovia, Spain).
Garden of the Monastery of Parral (Segovia, Spain).
