Santa Maria de Belém
Santa Maria de Belém is a locality in Belém, Lisbon and has about 8,540 residents. Santa Maria de Belém is situated nearby to the village Ajuda, as well as near Belém Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Monument to the Discoveries.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal.
Monument to the Discoveries
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0.
The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belém and Ajuda.
Ajuda
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ajuda is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Ajuda is located in western Lisbon, northeast of Belém and west of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 15,617.
Santa Maria de Belém
- Type: Locality with 8,540 residents
- Also known as: “Santa Maria de Belem”
- Location: Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.7° or 38° 42′ northLongitude
-9.2° or 9° 12′ westPopulation
8,540Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8CCGMRX2+X2GeoNames ID
6946666
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