Page 118 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Portugal

A SHORT WALK
BELÉM

Distance 1.5 km (1 mile) Nearest station Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
tram stop Time 25 minutes consequently littered with historically signi­
EXPERIENCE Belém in imposing, exuberant buildings such as the ficant sights: Praça do Império was laid out
Portugal’s former maritime glory, expressed
for the 1940 Exhibition of the Portuguese
Jerónimos monastery, is evident everywhere in
Belém. Silted up since the days of the caravels,
World, while Praça Afonso de Albuquerque was
this picturesque area along the waterfront was
dedicated to Portugal’s first viceroy of India.
restructured at Salazar’s (p46) insistence, in an
century, briefly housed the royal family after
attempt to revive awareness of and celebrate
the country’s Golden Age. A stroll here is The Palácio de Belém, restored in the 18th
the earthquake of 1755.
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos,
a former monastery
covered in rich
Manueline decoration
The Museu Nacional de
Arqueologia exhibits
archaeological finds ranging
from an Iron Age gold
bracelet to Moorish artifacts. T R AV E S S A D O S F E R R E I R O S

L A R G O
D O S
J E R Ó N I M O S
P R A Ç A D O I M P É R I O

Praça do Império, a
great square in front of
the monastery, whose
central fountain is lit up
on special occasions
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