Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
A monument to the wealth of the Age of Discovery, the monastery is the culmination
of Manueline architecture. Commissioned by Manuel I in 1501, soon after Vasco de Gama's
return from his historic voyage, it was financed largely by "pepper money", the profits made
from the spice trade. Master builders Diogo Boitac and João de Castilho worked on
the monastery. The monastery has vaulted arcade and richly carved columns adorned with
foliage, exotic animals and navigational instruments decroate the cloister. WHAT A PLACE!!