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Museu de Marinha
B9 ⌂ Praça do Império
@ 714, 727, 728, 729, 751
v 15 £ Belém # 10am–
6pm daily (to 5pm Oct–Apr)
¢ 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May,
EXPERIENCE Belém The Maritime Museum was
25 Dec ∑ ccm.marinha.pt
inaugurated in 1962 in the
west wing of the Jerónimos
monastery (p108). It was here,
Fine models of old
in the chapel built by Henry
the Navigator (p328), that
sailing ships on display
mariners took Mass before at the Museu de Marinha
embarking on their voyages.
A hall devoted to the
Discoveries illustrates the A series of rooms displaying
progress in shipbuilding from models of modern Portuguese 9 "\-=
the mid-15th century, capital- ships leads on to the Royal Centro Cultural
izing on the experience of Quarters, where you can see de Belém
long-distance explorers. Small the exquisitely furnished B9 ⌂ Praça do Império
replicas show the transition wood-panelled cabin of King
from the barque to the lateen- Carlos and Queen Amélia @ 714, 727, 728, 729, 751
v 15 £ Belém # 8am–8pm
rigged caravel, through the from the royal yacht Amélia, Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sat,
faster square-rigged caravel, built in Scotland in 1900. Sun & public hols ∑ ccb.pt
to the Portuguese nau. The modern, incongruous
Also here are navigational pavilion opposite houses Standing between the Tagus
instru ments, astrolabes and ori ginal royal barges, the and the Jerónimos monastery,
replicas of 16th- century most extravagant of which this stark, modern building
maps showing the world is the royal brig built in 1780 was erected as the head-
as it was known then. The for Maria I. The collection quarters of the Portuguese
stone pillars, carved with the ends with an exhibition of presidency of the European
Cross of the Knights of Christ, seaplanes, including the Community. In 1993, it opened
are replicas of the types of Santa Clara, which made the as a cultural centre offering
padrão set up as monuments first crossing of the South performing arts, music and
to Portu guese sovereignty on Atlantic, from Lisbon to Rio photography. An exhibition
the lands discovered. de Janeiro, in 1922. centre houses the Museu
Colecção Berardo (p115).
Both the café and restaurant
VASCO DA GAMA spill out onto the ramparts of
(C 1460–1524) the building, whose peaceful
In 1498, Vasco da Gama gardens look out over the
sailed (right) around the quay and the river.
Cape of Good Hope and
opened the sea route to
India. Although the 10 "
Hindu ruler of Calicut Padrão dos
was not excited by his
humble offerings of cloth Descobrimentos
and wash basins, Da C10 ⌂ Avenida de
Gama returned to Brasília @ 727, 728 v 15
Portugal with a cargo of £ Belém # Mar–Sep: 10am–
spices. In 1502, he sailed 7pm daily; Oct–Feb: 10am–
again to India, setting up 6pm Tue–Sun ¢ 1 Jan, 1 May,
Portuguese trade routes 25 Dec ∑ padraodos
in the Indian Ocean. João
III nominated him viceroy descobrientos .pt
of India in 1524, but he Standing prominently on the
died soon after. Belém waterfront, this huge
angular structure, the Padrão
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