Photo credits
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The richly carved south portal of the monastery church, with rows of sculpted figures around the arch above two dark wooden doors, beside a tall arched window in the pale stone wall
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Two storeys of carved stone arcades around the cloister courtyard under a clear blue sky, with slim pinnacles along the roofline and a strip of lawn in front
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

A long vaulted gallery of the cloister, with a ribbed stone ceiling, carved pillars on the left and a pale stone floor leading to the far end
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Close view of the two-storey cloister arcades, with lace-like carved arches and slender columns in warm golden stone
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Looking straight up at the star-shaped ribbed vault of the church, with round decorated bosses where the ribs meet
Jules Verne Times Two · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The apse of the church seen from the nave: a coffered barrel-vaulted chancel with paintings and an altar, stained-glass windows on either side and side chapels glowing in warm light
Jules Verne Times Two · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

A white marble tomb carved with a ship and leafy ornament, topped by a reclining figure and resting on carved lions, between two dark pointed recesses on a stone floor
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The long refectory hall with a ribbed vault, blue and yellow tile panels along the lower walls and a painting at the far end, lit by sunlight from the windows
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited


Two arched windows with dark red frames set in a pale stone wall and surrounded by elaborately carved twisted columns and stone ornament
Alvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Aerial view of the long monastery façade beside the gardens, with the church at the right, the red roofs of Lisbon and a stadium in the hazy distance
Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The west wing of the monastery with its slender pinnacled towers and the domed bell tower of the church, in pale stone under a deep blue sky
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Belém Tower, the pale stone tower with turrets and a low bastion, standing at the water's edge with a wooden walkway under a blue sky
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Belém Tower seen from the river side under a sky of white clouds, with its decorated turrets and a walkway with visitors at the left
Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Rua Augusta Arch with a group of statues on top, framed by the yellow and white arcaded buildings of Praça do Comércio under a blue sky
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The sculpted prow of the Monument to the Discoveries, with a row of stone figures led by one holding a small ship, against a deep blue sky
Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Lisbon Oceanarium building rising from the water of the dock, with glass canopies, white masts and cables above grey concrete walls, a footbridge on the right and a round mascot buoy in the foreground, under a blue sky
Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

A yellow and white vintage Lisbon tram on the cobbled square of Praça do Comércio, with the yellow arcaded buildings behind it and a few people waiting at the stop, under a clear blue sky
Philip Mallis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited