#jeronimos monastery

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Monteiro dos Jerónimos

The Jerónimos Monastery is one of the most prominent examples of the late Portuguese Gothic Manueline style of architecture in Lisbon. It was erected in the early 1500s near the launch point of Vasco da Gama's first journey.

The construction of the monastery and church began on 6 January 1501, and was completed 100 years later. King Manuel originally funded the project with money obtained from the Vintena da Pimenta, a 5 percent tax on commerce from Africa and the Orient, equivalent to 70 kilograms (150 lb) of gold per year, with the exception of those taxes collected on the importation of pepper, cinnamon and cloves, which went directly to the Crown.

The Funeral of Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England

St. Mary’s Church and the Jerónimo Monastery of Belem in Lisbon (Photo credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France on Wikipedia Commons) Catherine of Braganza was married to King Charles II of England for twenty-three years.  As a bride of twenty-three, she left her sheltered existence in Portugal and sailed to England in 1662.  Catherine was sincerely in love with her husband but it wasn’t an…