Praça do Império
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The Praça do Império is a city square and park situated adjacent to principal monuments and tourist attractions in the civil parish of Belém, municipality and Portuguese capital of Lisbon.
View of the Praça do Império in front of the Monastery of the Jeronimos
An expansive view of the Belém district showing the monastery and the symmetrical square (foreground)
The illuminated fountain within the square
One of the two Hippocamp statues located on the western edge of the frontal part of the square
Jerónimos Monastery
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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 ne
Praça do Império
…is included in the Special Protection Zone (ZPE) of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém (v. IPA.00006543). The park is situated to the south of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém and west of the Centro Cultural de Belém. The rectangular 175 by 175 metres (574 ft × 574 ft) square consists of successive quadrangles, that structure…
Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Jerónimos Monastery
Jerónimos monastery in the 1660s to the 1670s, by Dirk Stoop.
The official picture taken after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty in front of the South Portal
View from the top of Padrão dos Descobrimentos