Belém Tower

Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent, is a 16th-century fortification located in , Portugal, which served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
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  • Opening hours:
    October–April: Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–5:30 PM
    May–September: Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–6:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Baluarte de São Vicente a par de Belém”, “Baluarte do Restelo”, “Belém”, “Belem Kulesi”, “Belem Tower”, “Belem-tårnet”, “Belém-tårnet”, “Belemi torn”, “Belemin torni”, “Belemo bokštas”, “Belemtornet”, “Betlehemturninn”, “Kulla Belém”, “Kulla e Shën Vincentit”, “Kulla Shën Vincent”, “San Bizenteren dorrea”, “Toren van Belem”, “Torre de Belem”, “Torre de Belen”, “Torre de São Vicente”, “Torre de são vicente a par de belém”, “Torre de São Vicente a Par de Belém”, “Torre de são vicente de belém”, “Torre de São Vicente de Belém”, “Torre di Belem”, “Torre di Belèm”, “Torri ta‘ Belem”, “Tour de Belem”, “Tower of Belém”, “Turm von Belem”, “Turo de Belém”, “Белемская башня”, “Беленская башня”, “Торре де Белем”, “מגדל בלם”, and “מגדל ויסנטה הקדוש מבלן”
  • Address: Avenida de Brasília, Lisboa, 1400-038

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Jardim da Torre de Belém and Monastery of the Hieronymites.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 130 metres north of Belém Tower.

Protected area
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The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery… is situated 1 km northeast of Belém Tower.

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The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the… is situated 1 km east of Belém Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belém Tower and Belém.

Village
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is a village.

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is a district in , .

Town
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is a town.

Belém Tower

Latitude
38.6916° or 38° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-9.21592° or 9° 12′ 57″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Established
1514–1520
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8CCGMQRM+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24341353
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6946729
Wiki­data ID
Q215003
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Belém Tower” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kulla e Belemit”
  • Arabic: “برج بيليم”
  • Armenian: “Տորրի դի Բելեն”
  • Asturian: “Torre de Belém”
  • Azerbaijani: “Belem qalası”
  • Basque: “Belém dorrea”
  • Basque: “Belémgo dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Белен”
  • Bulgarian: “Белемска кула”
  • Bulgarian: “Белен”
  • Burmese: “ဘယ်လိမ် မျှော်စင်”
  • Catalan: “torre de Belém”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Belém”
  • Chinese: “貝倫塔”
  • Chinese: “贝伦塔”
  • Croatian: “Toranj Belém”
  • Czech: “Belémská věž”
  • Danish: “Belémtårnet”
  • Dutch: “Toren van Belém”
  • Dutch: “Torre de Belém”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج بيليم”
  • Esperanto: “Turo de Belem”
  • Estonian: “Belémi torn”
  • Finnish: “Belémin torni”
  • French: “tour de Belém”
  • French: “Tour de Belém”
  • Galician: “Torre de Belén”
  • Georgian: “ბელენის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Torre de Belém”
  • German: “Turm von Belém”
  • Greek: “πύργος της Μπελέμ”
  • Greek: “Πύργος της Μπελέμ”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל בלן”
  • Hindi: “बेलेम मीनार”
  • Hungarian: “Belém-torony”
  • Icelandic: “Betlehemsturninn”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Belém”
  • Italian: “Torre di Belém”
  • Japanese: “ベレンの塔”
  • Kazakh: “Белен мұнарасы”
  • Korean: “벨렝탑”
  • Latvian: “Belenas tornis”
  • Lithuanian: “Beleno bokštas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tuerm vu Belém”
  • Macedonian: “Белемска кула”
  • Malay: “Menara Belém”
  • Malayalam: “ബെലെം ടവർ”
  • Maltese: “Torri ta‘ Belém”
  • Maltese: “Torri ta’ Belém”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Belémtårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Belemtårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Belémtårnet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Torre de Belém”
  • Persian: “برج بلم”
  • Polish: “Torre de Belém”
  • Polish: “Wieża Belém”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Belém”
  • Romanian: “Turnul din Belem”
  • Russian: “Башня Белем”
  • Russian: “Башня Белен”
  • Russian: “Торри-ди-Белен”
  • Serbian: “Кула Белем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torre de Belém”
  • Slovenian: “stolp Belém”
  • Slovenian: “Stolp Belém”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Belém”
  • Swedish: “Belémtornet”
  • Tagalog: “Tore ng Belem”
  • Thai: “หอคอยบือไล”
  • Turkish: “Belém Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Башта Белен”
  • Ukrainian: “Беленська башта”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Belém”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pedrouços and Restelo.

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Places to explore: Our Lady of Safe Homecoming and Réplica da Torre de Belém.

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