Jeronimos Monastery

Lisbon

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December 26th 2007
After a poor night sleep due to jet lag, we woke up early for our 5am van ride to the airport. After arriving at the Lisbon airport, we picked up our 9 passenger van, referred to us all as "the bus." We proceeded to the Belem area where we visited two sites. First, the Jeronimos Monastery whose construction began in 1502 and exemplifies Portuguese art at its best (I copied that description!). ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more