Afonso de Albuquerque Square Garden

Afonso de Albuquerque Square Garden is a park in Belém, Lisbon which is located on Praça Afonso de Albuquerque. Afonso de Albuquerque Square Garden is situated nearby to the village Belém Tower, as well as near Ajuda.

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Type: Park
Description: garden in Belém, Portugal
Address: Praça Afonso de Albuquerque

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Monument to the Discoveries.

Monastery of the Hieronymites

Protected area

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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.

Vasco da Gama Garden

Park

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Vasco da Gama Garden is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belém and Belém Tower.

Belém

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Belém is a district in Lisbon, Portugal.

Belém Tower

Village

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Belém Tower is a village.

Ajuda

Village

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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.