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progress in shipbuilding 8 Centro Cultural
from the mid-15th de Belém
century, capitalizing on
the experience of long- Praça do Império. Map 1 B5.
distance explorers. Tel 213 612 400. @ 727, 728, 729,
Small replicas show the 751. v 15. £ Belém. Open 8am–
8pm Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sat, Sun &
transition from the bark public hols. & 7 ∑ ccb.pt
to the lateen-rigged
caravel, through The construction of a stark
the faster square- modern building between
rigged caravel, to the the Manueline splendour of
Portuguese nau. Also the Jéronimos monastery and
here are navigational the Tagus proved controversial.
instruments, astrolabes Built as the headquarters of
and replicas of the Portuguese presidency
16th-century maps of the European Community,
showing the world as the Centro Cultural de Belém
it was known then. The opened as a cultural and
stone pillars, carved with conference centre in 1993. It
the Cross of the Knights stresses music, performing arts
of Christ, are replicas of and films. An exhibition centre
the types of padrão set houses the Museu Colecção
up as monuments to Berardo (see opposite).
Portuguese sovereignty Both the café and restaurant
on the lands discovered. spill out onto the ramparts of
Façade of the Museu de Marinha A series of rooms the building, whose peaceful
displaying models of gardens of olive trees and
7 Museu de Marinha modern Portuguese ships geometric lawns look out
leads on to the Royal Quarters, over the quay and the river.
Praça do Império. Map 1 B4. Tel 213
620 019. @ 727, 728, 729, 751. v 15. where you can see the
Open 10am–6pm daily (Oct–Apr: to exquisitely furnished wood-
5pm). Closed 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, 25 panelled cabin of King Carlos
Dec. 8 (213 620 019). & (free first and Queen Amélia from the
Sun of the month). 7 royal yacht Amélia, built in
∑ museu.marinha.pt Scotland in 1900.
The modern, incongruous
The Maritime Museum was pavilion opposite houses
inaugurated in 1962 in the original royal barges, the
west wing of the Jerónimos most extravagant of which The modern complex of the Centro Cultural
monastery (see p68–9). It was is the royal brig built in 1780 de Belém
here, in the chapel built by for Maria I. The collection ends
Henry the Navigator (see p23), with a display of seaplanes, 9 Monument to
that mariners took Mass before including the Santa Clara which
embarking on their voyages. made the first crossing of the the Discoveries
A hall devoted to the South Atlantic, from Lisbon to Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Avenida
Discoveries illustrates the Rio de Janeiro, in 1922. de Brasília. Map 1 C5. Tel 213 031
950. @ 727, 728, 729, 751. v 15.
Vasco da Gama (c.1460–1524) £ Belém. Open Mar–Sep: 10am–
7pm daily; Oct–Feb: 10am–6pm
In 1498 Vasco da Gama sailed around Tue–Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May,
the Cape of Good Hope and opened 25 Dec. & for lift. ∑ padraodos
the sea route to India (see pp22–3). descobrimentos.pt
Although the Hindu ruler of Calicut, who
received him wearing diamond and ruby Standing prominently on the
rings, was not impressed by his humble Belém waterfront, this massive
offerings of cloth and wash basins, da angular monument, the Padrão
Gama returned to Portugal with a cargo dos Descobrimentos, was built
of spices. In 1502 he sailed again to in 1960 to mark the 500th
India, establishing Portuguese trade anniversary of the death of
routes in the Indian Ocean. João III Henry the Navigator (see p23).
nominated him Viceroy of India in 1524, The 52-m- (170-ft-) high
but he died of a fever soon after in the 16th-century painting of monument, commissioned
town of Cochin. Vasco da Gama in Goa by the Salazar regime,
commemorates the mariners,

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