Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
One of Lisbon´s ex-libris, declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Belém was built in the 16th century to lodge the monks of St Jerome´s Order (Hieronymites).

It is one of the most remarkable examples of the Manueline style, although the cloisters are decorated with naturalistic motifs, and the Church´s top is considered Mannerist.

The tombs of Vasco da Gama and Luís Vaz de Camões are in the Church, and those of Fernando Pessoa and Alexandre Herculano are in the cloisters.

The monastery now lodges the National Museum of Archaeology and part of the Navy Museum.