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BELÉM

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For more detail see p106
The vaulted arcades of
the Manueline cloister of Jardim Botânico Tropical, peaceful
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos gardens filled with exotic plants
and trees gathered from Portugal’s
former colonies
Palácio de Belém, a former
royal palace that is now
the residence of the
Portuguese president

L A R G O T R AV E S S A D O S F E R R E I R O S T. MARTA PINTO

J E R Ó N I M O S
FINISH
R U A D E B E L É M

R U A V I E I R A P O R T U E N S E

Stop at Antiga Confeitaria
de Belém, the birthplace
of pastéis de Belém
(rich custard tarts).
Rua Vieira Portuense
is lined with colourful
16th- and 17th-century
houses and runs Praça Afonso de
alongside a small park. Albuquerque, a public
square with a central
Neo-Manueline statue of Did You Know?
the first Portuguese
viceroy of India, after Manuel I granted the
whom the space is named Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
to the Hieronymite
order, said to protect
kings after death.

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