Nation's Womb - The Gothic Renaissance
Push the gigantic doors... and be overwhelmed...
Enter the jewel of the Manueline architecture, and sense the intimate union between the architectural elements of the late Gothic and Renaissance periods, entwined in the atmosphere of kings, christianity and the natural world...
Chroniclers, historians, travellers and artists have written about the Monastery of Jerónimos. Once a shelter, then a final resting place, and later, a poets womb. Nowadays, all the justice is made with the distinction of Wold Cultural Heritage Site in 1984, by UNESCO.
This Monastery has been a symbol of the Portuguese nation since 1501, an alive memory of the epic Age of Discovery...
PS: perdoem a língua inglesa, mas como submeto sempre as fotos para sites ingleses, ainda não tive tempo de traduzir as descrições das fotos...
