TB.293

TB.293 is in Belém, Lisbon. TB.293 is situated nearby to the government office Embassy of Tunisia, as well as near Embassy of Libya.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Belém Tower.

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. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 1½ km southeast of TB.293.

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. Belém Tower is situated 2 km south of TB.293.

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. Monument to the Discoveries is situated 2 km southeast of TB.293.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Francisco Xavier and Bairro de Casas Económicas de Caselas.

São Francisco Xavier

Suburb

São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It was created on February 7, 1959. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it merged with the former parish of Santa Maria de Belém, thus creating the new Belém parish.