Link profile: Hieronymites Monastery and Tower of Belém

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Lisbon's most important sights are actually found in the Belém suburb, west of the city centre. The 16th-century Hieronymites or Jerónimos Monastery is a riot of the extravegant Manueline style of architecture, and Lisbon's favourite place for upper-class couples to get married. The Tower of Belém, though erected to commemorate Vasco da Gama's epic voyage to India, is a real, defensive structure designed to close off the mouth of the Tagus to unwanted visitors - it have stood on a small island, but land has encroached to surround it.
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