Terreiro das Missas
Terreiro das Missas is a square in Belém, Lisbon. Terreiro das Missas is situated nearby to the memorial Space between Word and Color, as well as near the station Estação Fluvial de Belém.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monument to the Discoveries and Monastery of the Hieronymites.
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 530 metres west of Terreiro das Missas.
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 650 metres northwest of Terreiro das Missas.
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 1½ km west of Terreiro das Missas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belém and Belém Tower.
Ajuda
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Terreiro das Missas
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Categories: public space and square
- Location: Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.69509° or 38° 41′ 42″ northLongitude
-9.19996° or 9° 11′ 60″ westOpen location code
8CCGMRW2+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 418053203OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q133272077
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In Other Languages
“Terreiro das Missas” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Praça do Museu das Comemorações Centenárias”
- Portuguese: “Terreiro das Missas”
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