Palácio Calheta

Palácio Calheta is a public building in Belém, Lisbon which is located on Rua General João de Almeida. Palácio Calheta is situated nearby to Boxwood Garden, as well as near the pond Lions Water Tank.

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Type: Public building
Also known as: “Palácio da Calheta”
Address: Rua General João de Almeida 15

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Igreja da Memória.

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 550 metres southwest of Palácio Calheta.

Igreja da Memória

Church

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Memory Church is a church in Ajuda, Portugal. It holds the Mausoleum of the Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. It is classified as a National Monument. Igreja da Memória is situated 190 metres north of Palácio Calheta.

Monument to the Discoveries

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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 1 km south of Palácio Calheta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belém and Ajuda.

Belém

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Belém is a district in Lisbon, Portugal.

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.