Belém Tower in Lisbon, Portugal

Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon

Lisbon in the Sun: Belem Tower (Torre de Belém) in Portugal from Above.

 

벨렝탑(포르투갈어: Torre de Belém)은

포르투갈 리스본 벨렝에 있는 타워로, 1983년 인근에 위치한 제로니무스 수도원과 함께 유네스코 세계유산으로 등재되었다. 16세기 마누엘 1세에 의해 건축되었으며 스페인 출신의 수호성인 성 빈센트를 기리기 위해 지어진 탑이다.

 

 카스 카이스 요새와 강 맞은 편에 있는 세바스티앙 다 카파리카 요새 사이의 삼자 방어 시스템의 일부였다. 타워의 장식은 전형적인 마누엘 양식을 보여주고 있다.

 

1512년 착공하여 1519년 완공되었다. 4층으로 이루어져 있으며, 높이는 30m에 달한다.

 

Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon

Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal

 

The Tower of Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.

View from Northeast.

 

Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon

 

Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.This tower symbolizes Portugal's maritime and colonial power in early modern Europe. It was built during the height of the Portuguese Renaissance, and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline style, but it also incorporates other architectural styles, such as the minarets, which are inspired by Moorish architecture. The structure was built from lioz limestone and is composed of a bastion and a 30-metre (100 ft), four-storey tower.

 

The tower was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and included in the registry of the Seven Wonders of Portugal in 2007.

 

 

Since 1983, the tower has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Jerónimos Monastery. It is often portrayed as a symbol of Europe's Age of Discoveries and as a metonym for Portugal or Lisbon, given its landmark status. It has incorrectly been stated that the tower was built in the middle of the Tagus and now sits near the shore because the river was redirected after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. In fact, the tower was built on a small island in the Tagus river near the Lisbon shore.

 

Bastion terrace with its Moorish bartizan turrets and cupolas from the northwest.

 

The inner cloister of the tower displaying the back side of the niche of the virgin

and two turrets

 

 

Belém Tower in Lisbon, Portugal

 

Given its modern reputation as a laid-back land where wines are savored and waves are surfed, it's hard to fathom Portugal's past as a world-spanning militaristic empire. But the proof is set in stone (local lioz limestone, to be exact) all over this Iberian nation. Take Belém Tower for example, an important instance (along with nearby Jerónimos Monastery) of the prevailing Manueline architecture style of early 16th-century Portugal. Manueline designs tended to reflect the nation's then-newfound status as a global naval power: The style cribbed motifs from cultures across the globe and blended them into an ornate, essentially Gothic style. A crucial fortification through centuries of war with rivals like the Spanish, French, and Dutch, Belém Tower still stands vigil at the gateway to Lisbon's harbor.

 

Interior casemate of the main bastion showing the cannon niches

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