Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

King Manuel I commissioned it in 1501 on the spot where Vasco da Gama had spent the night in prayer before sailing for India, and it was paid for largely by the spice trade. Diogo de Boitaca began it and João de Castilho continued it, giving the cloister its two storeys of arches carved with ropes, shells and exotic plants.

The church, free to enter, holds the tombs of Vasco da Gama and the poet Luís de Camões, and Fernando Pessoa rests in the cloister. Together with the Torre de Belém it has been a World Heritage Site since 1983.