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Torrejon Europa Park - Tower of Belem .
Belém Tower , located in the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, is the work of Francisco de Arruda and is one of the most representative examples of Manueline architecture. In the past it served as a center for the collection of taxes in order to enter the city.
Its construction was started in 1514 under the reign of Manuel I of Portugal , with the architect Francisco de Arruda . His works were by Diogo Boitaca , which , at the time, and also directed the advanced works of the neighboring Monastery of Jeronimos in Belém. The work was completed in 1520. Located at the mouth of the Tagus river in the Belem district of this city southwest of Lisbon.
The monument has Islamic and Oriental influences that characterize the Manueline style and marks the end of the medieval tradition of tribute towers , forming one of the first bastions for artillery in Portugal.Part of its beauty lies in the exterior decoration , decorated with carved stone strings , open galleries , watch towers and battlements in Moorish style as armillary spheres shields decorated with the cross of the Order of Christ and naturalistic elements , as a rhinoceros, alluding to the discoveries overseas. The Gothic interior, located on the lower floor served as a prison and armory and is very austere .
Its structure consists of two main elements: the tower and the bastion . At the corners of the lower floor of the tower and the bastion , projecting cylindrical booths shaped domes topped with orange segments , richly decorated in stone masonry . Ship polygonal bastion , ventilated by a small cloister, has sixteen openings gunships low shot . The embankment , trimmed with battlements , is a second line of fire, being located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Success ,patron of the place , also known as the Virgem do RESTELO . ,",2,[[
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Torrejon Europa Park - Tower of Belem .
Belém Tower , located in the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, is the work of Francisco de Arruda and is one of the most representative examples of Manueline architecture. In the past it served as a center for the collection of taxes in order to enter the city.
Its construction was started in 1514 under the reign of Manuel I of Portugal , with the architect Francisco de Arruda . His works were by Diogo Boitaca , which , at the time, and also directed the advanced works of the neighboring Monastery of Jeronimos in Belém. The work was completed in 1520. Located at the mouth of the Tagus river in the Belem district of this city southwest of Lisbon.
The monument has Islamic and Oriental influences that characterize the Manueline style and marks the end of the medieval tradition of tribute towers , forming one of the first bastions for artillery in Portugal.Part of its beauty lies in the exterior decoration , decorated with carved stone strings , open galleries , watch towers and battlements in Moorish style as armillary spheres shields decorated with the cross of the Order of Christ and naturalistic elements , as a rhinoceros, alluding to the discoveries overseas. The Gothic interior, located on the lower floor served as a prison and armory and is very austere .
Its structure consists of two main elements: the tower and the bastion . At the corners of the lower floor of the tower and the bastion , projecting cylindrical booths shaped domes topped with orange segments , richly decorated in stone masonry . Ship polygonal bastion , ventilated by a small cloister, has sixteen openings gunships low shot . The embankment , trimmed with battlements , is a second line of fire, being located at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Success ,patron of the place , also known as the Virgem do RESTELO . ,",2,[[
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