Treaty of Lisbon
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The Treaty of Lisbon is a European agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union. The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by all EU member states on 1
Signing in the Hieronymites Monastery of Lisbon, Portugal
50th anniversary in the summer of 2007, Berlin (Merkel and Barroso)
The rights charter bans, among other things, capital punishment and eugenics.
The Berlaymont Building, seat of the European Commission in Brussels.
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
Treaty of Lisbon
…Government of Portugal, by virtue of holding Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the time, arranged a ceremony inside the 16th-century Jerónimos Monastery, the same place Portugal's treaty of accession to the European Union (EU) was signed in 1985. Representatives from the 27 EU member states were present…
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