Torre de Belém

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  • Address
    Praça do Império, Avenida de Brasília, Belém
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  • Phone
    213 620 034

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Lonely Planet review

One of Belém's highlights and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this whimsical white Manueline masterpiece was built in 1515 as an offshore watchtower to protect the city's harbour. Designed by Diogo and Francisco Arruda for King Manuel I, it is wonderfully detailed with the flamboyant flourishes and maritime motifs of the Manueline style.

Amazingly, it once sat midstream before the water line moved. Now you reach land by an unsightly modern footbridge.