Belém Tower

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site fortified tower monument tourist attraction

Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortified tower in Lisbon, Portugal, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned as a symbol of the Age of Discoveries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ fortified tower ⓘ monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Manueline ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ
commissionedBy	King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ
constructionEnd	1519 ⓘ
constructionStart	1514 ⓘ
coordinateLocation	38.691° N, 9.216° W ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
designedBy	Francisco de Arruda ⓘ
hasDecorativeElement	armillary sphere ⓘ cross of the Order of Christ ⓘ nautical motifs ⓘ
hasPart	bartizan ⓘ bastion ⓘ keep ⓘ loggia ⓘ moat (historical) ⓘ rampart ⓘ terrace ⓘ turret ⓘ watchtower ⓘ
height	approximately 30 metres ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criteria (ii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Monument of Portugal ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	early 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Lisbon ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Belém ⓘ
locatedNear	Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ
locatedOn	Tagus River ⓘ
materialUsed	Lioz limestone ⓘ limestone ⓘ
namedAfter	Belém ⓘ
originalFunction	ceremonial gateway to Lisbon ⓘ defensive fortress ⓘ
partOf	Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ surface form: Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
symbolOf	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discoveries Portuguese maritime discoveries ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1983 ⓘ
usedAs	customs control point ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ prison ⓘ
visitorAttractionStatus	major tourist attraction in Lisbon ⓘ

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Lisbon → hasLandmark → Belém Tower ⓘ

Lisbon → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Belém Tower ⓘ

Belém → knownFor → Belém Tower ⓘ

Belém → contains → Belém Tower ⓘ

Jerónimos Monastery → near → Belém Tower ⓘ

Belém Palace → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

King Manuel I of Portugal → patronage → Belém Tower ⓘ

Manueline → notableExample → Belém Tower ⓘ

Lioz limestone → usedInMonument → Belém Tower ⓘ

Francisco de Arruda → notableWork → Belém Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torre de Belém

Francisco de Arruda → designed → Belém Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torre de Belém

Padrão dos Descobrimentos → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

Pastéis de Belém pastry shop → near → Belém Tower ⓘ

Manueline architecture → notableExample → Belém Tower ⓘ

Belém railway station → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

Centro Cultural de Belém → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

Praça do Império → near → Belém Tower ⓘ

Maritime Museum of Lisbon (in part of the complex) → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

subject surface form: Maritime Museum of Lisbon

National Archaeology Museum of Portugal (in part of the complex) → near → Belém Tower ⓘ

subject surface form: National Archaeology Museum of Portugal

Algés → nearbyLandmark → Belém Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torre de Belém

Monument to the Discoveries → locatedNear → Belém Tower ⓘ

Portuguese culture → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Belém Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tower of Belém