A Walk Around Lisbon's Waterfront

This post is a little late, dating from two weeks ago. I arrived in Lisbon at 8 am and was immediately taken on a trip around some of the sights of Lisbon by my host, focusing on the Tagus waterfront. This largely pictorial presentation records what I saw.

Torre de Belem and the nearby war memorial guarded by soldiers ... though the wars in question were largely colonial.

Ponte 25 de Abril, or repliica of the Golden gate.

Monument to the Discoveries, led from the front by Infante Dom Henrique de Avis, Duke of Viseu (aka Henry the Navigator).

Gardens surrounding the Mosteiro da Santa Maria de Belem, aka as the Jeronimos Monastery. The monastery is one of the most prominent examples of the Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline style of architecture in Lisbon. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém. And it now houses two museums: the Maritime and National Archaeology museums.

The elaborate front entrance.

Photos of the elaborate interior.

Cloisters, with their decorated ceilings.

Interior displays in the museums: the first picture explaining a victory over Napoleon during the peninsula campaign, and the second recounting a mid 19th century constitutional crisis.

The monastery's kitchen showing the lovely blue traditional tile-work.

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