{"id":250,"date":"2008-01-30T21:38:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T11:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=250"},"modified":"2008-01-30T21:38:06","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T11:38:06","slug":"lisbon-portugal-belem-tower-torre-de-belem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/portugal\/things-to-see-portugal\/lisbon-portugal-belem-tower-torre-de-belem","title":{"rendered":"Lisbon, Portugal :  Belem Tower (Torre de Belem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Portugal\/Lisbon\/portugal_022.jpg.html\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\">Torre de Belem<\/a> or Belem Tower sits at the mouth of the Tagus and guards the entrance to the city. It is another iconic monument on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Portugal\/Lisbon\/portugal_022.jpg.html\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/21170-2\/portugal_022.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\" \/><\/a>the Belem waterfront. The tower was built as a fortress in the middle of the Tagus in 1515-21 and it was from here that the caravels set out to discover the trade routes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Portugal\/Lisbon\/portugal_019.jpg.html\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/21164-2\/portugal_019.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\" \/><\/a>When Manuel I came to power in 1495, he profited from the expansionary period and commissioned grandiose monuments to reflect the spirit of the time.\u00a0 The tower became a symbol of Portugal&#8217;s great era of discoveries.\u00a0 It was built along the Manueline style of architecture which is a Portuguese adaptation of late Gothic.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Portugal\/Lisbon\/portugal_019.jpg.html\" title=\"Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal\">Torre de Belem <\/a>and Mosteiro dos Jeronimos are believed to be the best examples of this architecture still in existence. The building now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Portugal\/Lisbon\/portugal_024.jpg.html\" title=\"Belem Tower, Lisbon, Portugal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/21174-2\/portugal_024.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Belem Tower, Lisbon, Portugal\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Belem Tower, Lisbon, Portugal\" \/><\/a>acts as home to a Museum that has many relics of the discoveries on display.<\/p>\n<p>There are many museums, parks and gardens in the Belem area.\u00a0 Along the attractive riverside setting can be found cafes and a promenade.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torre de Belem or Belem Tower sits at the mouth of the Tagus and guards the entrance to the city. It is another iconic monument on the Belem waterfront. 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