Torre de Belem, Lisbon Portugal
The Torre de Belém is located in the parish of Belém, municipality, and District of Lisbon, in Portugal. On the right bank of the river Tagus, where once existed the beach of Belém, was primitively surrounded by the waters throughout its perimeter. Over the centuries it was wrapped around the beach until today the firm land was incorporated. One of the city’s former Libris, the monument is an icon of the architecture of the reign of D. Manuel I, in a synthesis between the tower of the medieval tradition and the modern bulwark, where they had artillery pieces. Over time, the tower was losing its function of defending the bar of the Tagus and, from the Philippine occupation, the ancient paioles gave way to dungeons. On the four floors of the tower, the hall of the governor, the Hall of Kings, the courtroom, and finally the chapel with its five-century vaulted features are maintained. The Tower of St. Vincent (1514) belongs to a formation of defense of the Tagus basin sent erect by John I