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Belém Tower
A carved limestone fortress on the Tagus, the emblem of Portugal's age of maritime discovery.
- Editor's score
- 4.7
- Visit
- 1 h
- Price
- €€
About
Built in the early sixteenth century to guard the river approach to Lisbon, the tower is a showpiece of the ornate Manueline style, with rope mouldings, armillary spheres and a small rhinoceros carved into its stone. Inside, narrow stairs climb past the old gun deck and royal rooms to a terrace looking out over the estuary.
Best time to go: Come early or late in the day and walk the waterfront from the Monument of the Discoveries.
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