The construction of the Jerónimos Monastery started in 1501 to celebrate the return of Vasco da Gama from the Indies and it took about 100 years to be finished.Īrriving in Belém and seeing the Monastery, it’s easy to understand the delay in construction. Originally in the place where the Monastery now stands, there was a chapel, the Hermitage of Santa Maria de Belém, where great navigators such as Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral would say their prayers before setting out for the sea.Ĭlassified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and elected as one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal, the Jerónimos Monastery represents a masterpiece of the Manueline style. The region of Belém was very important in the discoveries era, because there was where the ships departed to the new world. After visiting the Belém Tower, another must-see attraction for visitors to the Belém region in Lisbon is the grandiose Jerónimos Monastery.
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