Portugal - tourist attractions

	Belém Tower	Belém Tower (Torre de Belém) or the Tower of St Vincent is a fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site (along with the nearby Jerónimos Monastery) because of the significant role it played in the P...
	Porto Cathedral	The Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto), located in the historical centre of the city of Porto, Portugal, is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important Romanesque monuments in Portugal The current Cathedral of Porto underwent construction around 1110 under the patronage of Bishop Hug...
	Jerónimos Monastery	The Jerónimos Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos) is located near the shore of the parish of Belém, in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO Worl...
	Batalha Monastery	Mosteiro Santa Maria da Vitória ("St. Mary of the Victory"), more commonly known as the Batalha Monastery, is a Dominican convent in Batalha, in the District of Leiria, Portugal. It was erected in commemoration of the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota, and would serve as the burial church of the 15th-Centu...
	Dom Luís Bridge, Porto	The Luís I Bridge (Ponte Luís I) is a metal arch bridge that spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At the time of construction its span of 172 m was the longest of its type in the world. The Government held a competition for the construction of a metall...
	Santa Justa Lift	The Santa Justa Lift (Elevador de Santa Justa), also called Carmo Lift (Elevador do Carmo), is a elevator/lift in civil parish of Santa Justa, in the historical city of Lisbon, situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa. It connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo...
	Castle of São Jorge	The Castle of São Jorge ( Portuguese: Castelo de São Jorge) is a Moorish castle that occupies a commanding position overlooking the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and the broad Tagus River ( Portuguese: Rio Tejo) beyond. T he strongly fortified citadel, which, in its present configuration...
	Carmo Convent in Lisbon	The Carmo Convent (Convento da Ordem do Carmo) is a historical building in Lisbon, Portugal. The mediaeval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, and the ruins of its Gothic church (the Carmo Church or Igreja do Carmo) are the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the city. ...
	Lisbon Cathedral	The Lisbon Cathedral (Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major, Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa or Sé de Lisboa) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city is the see of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, ...