Universidade Sénior da Ajuda

Universidade Sénior da Ajuda is a building in Ajuda, Lisbon. Universidade Sénior da Ajuda is situated nearby to the cemetery Cemitério da Ajuda, as well as near Tartarugas.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cemitério da Ajuda and Monastery of the Hieronymites.

Cemitério da Ajuda

Cemetery

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Cemitério da Ajuda is a cemetery, which is situated 170 metres southwest of Universidade Sénior da Ajuda.

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 south of Universidade Sénior da Ajuda.

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 south of Universidade Sénior da Ajuda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ajuda and São Francisco Xavier.

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.

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.