Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Torre de Belém - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.691652189603964, -9.215969383207815Built on the northern bank of the Tagus between 1514 and 1520 as part of the Tagus estuary defence system, the Tower of Belém is one of the architectural jewels of the reign of Manuel I. In the tower as a whole one can distinguish two distinct volumes and military architectural models: the mediaeval keep tower and the modern bulwark which, as it contained two artillery levels, allowed for long-distance cannon firing as well as ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Forte de Santa Marta, Cascais - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.6906645919396, -9.421208371684521 It was built after 1640, as part of the Barra do Tejo defense plan, directed by the Count of Cantanhede. Equipped with a large battery compared to the fort and three juxtaposed rectangular bodies, with different areas, it crossed fire with the Citadel battery and defended the small mouth of Ribeira dos Mochos. In the second half of the 18th century it was the subject of several construction campaigns, the most significant being ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Mosteiro dos Jerónimos - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.698112850075525, -9.206629905588464The Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém, better known as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, is a Portuguese monastery, built at the end of the 15th century by King D. Manuel I and was entrusted to the Order of São Jerónimo. It is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and municipality of Lisbon. It has, since 2016, the status of National Pantheon. The culmination of Manueline architecture, this monastery is the most notable Portuguese ...
«There is, in the most western part of Iberia, a very strange people: they neither govern nor allow themselves to be governed!»
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Torre de Belém - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.691652189603964, -9.215969383207815Built on the northern bank of the Tagus between 1514 and 1520 as part of the Tagus estuary defence system, the Tower of Belém is one of the architectural jewels of the reign of Manuel I. In the tower as a whole one can distinguish two distinct volumes and military architectural models: the mediaeval keep tower and the modern bulwark which, as it contained two artillery levels, allowed for long-distance cannon firing as well as ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Forte de Santa Marta, Cascais - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.6906645919396, -9.421208371684521 It was built after 1640, as part of the Barra do Tejo defense plan, directed by the Count of Cantanhede. Equipped with a large battery compared to the fort and three juxtaposed rectangular bodies, with different areas, it crossed fire with the Citadel battery and defended the small mouth of Ribeira dos Mochos. In the second half of the 18th century it was the subject of several construction campaigns, the most significant being ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.Mosteiro dos Jerónimos - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.698112850075525, -9.206629905588464The Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém, better known as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, is a Portuguese monastery, built at the end of the 15th century by King D. Manuel I and was entrusted to the Order of São Jerónimo. It is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and municipality of Lisbon. It has, since 2016, the status of National Pantheon. The culmination of Manueline architecture, this monastery is the most notable Portuguese ...
«There is, in the most western part of Iberia, a very strange people: they neither govern nor allow themselves to be governed!»
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GPS 38.72859535335227, -9.147324376662738
Ordered to be built on the initiative of the banker Cândido Sotto Mayor to serve as his residence in Avenidas Novas, the palace was built between 1902 and 1906, forming part of a winding garden and comprising some annexes, which formerly functioned as stables, servants' house and washing place.
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The project was signed by the Army Engineering Captain António Rodrigues Nogueira, but the initial design was in charge of Arch. Ezequiel Bandeira, with the collaboration of Arch. Carlos Alberto Correia Monção. The architectural program of the property, in ''composite style'', refers to a French inspiration, highlighting the two entrance facades and the window with caryatids, by the sculptor Jorge Neto. The interior is organized around a large square central hall, illuminated by an immense skylight.
Approved as a Property of Public Interest, the Sotto Mayor Palace was the subject of a renovation project at the end of the 19th century. XX, beginning of the century. XXI, by the architect Gastão da Cunha Ferreira, who maintained the fundamental characteristics of the building. Consisting of a multifunctional project, it integrated several aspects - restoration of the palace, a shopping centre, offices, a hotel and parking - concentrated in a single block in the heart of the capital.
Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.72859535335227, -9.147324376662738
Ordered to be built on the initiative of the banker Cândido Sotto Mayor to serve as his residence in Avenidas Novas, the palace was built between 1902 and 1906, forming part of a winding garden and comprising some annexes, which formerly functioned as stables, servants' house and washing place.
Description
The project was signed by the Army Engineering Captain António Rodrigues Nogueira, but the initial design was in charge of Arch. Ezequiel Bandeira, with the collaboration of Arch. Carlos Alberto Correia Monção. The architectural program of the property, in ''composite style'', refers to a French inspiration, highlighting the two entrance facades and the window with caryatids, by the sculptor Jorge Neto. The interior is organized around a large square central hall, illuminated by an immense skylight.
Approved as a Property of Public Interest, the Sotto Mayor Palace was the subject of a renovation project at the end of the 19th century. XX, beginning of the century. XXI, by the architect Gastão da Cunha Ferreira, who maintained the fundamental characteristics of the building. Consisting of a multifunctional project, it integrated several aspects - restoration of the palace, a shopping centre, offices, a hotel and parking - concentrated in a single block in the heart of the capital.
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