Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

D. Manuel I decided to found in 1496, the Monastery of Sta. Maria de Belém, near the city of Lisbon, next to the river Tejo. Donated to the monks of the Order of St. Jerome, is now commonly known as the Monastery of Jerónimos. It is a cultural reference that did not escape even the artists, chroniclers or travelers during its five centuries of existence. It was the welcome and burial of kings, later poets. The Jerónimos Monastery was declared a National Monument in 1907 and, in 1983, UNESCO classified it as Cultural Heritage of all Humanity.