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Cloisters at Jerónimos monastery, Lisbon, Portugal #117879917
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The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Portuguese pronunciation: [muÃÆÃËtÃÂjþu duÃÆ ÃâèÃËþÃânimuÃÆ], is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal; it was secularised on 28 December 1833 by state decree and its ownership transferred to the charitable institution, Real Casa Pia de Lisboa.[1] The monastery is one of the most prominent examples of the Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline style of architecture in Lisbon. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém, in 1983.