A UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of Portuguese Manueline architecture commissioned by King Manuel I in the early 16th century, featuring an ornate church with religious services and a 16th-century cloister with conventual dependencies. Visitors explore the richly decorated south portal, western portal with royal portraits, and the monks' refectory and bookstore rooms, set in a historical riverside location near the Tower of Belém where ships departed during the Portuguese Discoveries.
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