Church · 1501–1601
Jerónimos Monastery
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
King Manuel I founds the monastery at Restelo, paid for by the spice trade, to give thanks for Vasco da Gama's voyage.
Stories
Vasco da Gama's sea route to India 1497-1499
Cause of Jerónimos; spice money funds it.
Monastery founded for the sea route to India 1501
King Manuel I founds the monastery at Restelo, paid for by the spice trade, to give thanks for Vasco da Gama's voyage.
Da Gama's tomb brought inside 1880
Vasco da Gama's remains are carried into the church and laid in a carved tomb near the entrance.
World Heritage listing 1983
UNESCO inscribes the monastery together with Belém Tower as World Heritage.
Treaty of Lisbon signed in the cloister 2007
EU leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in the monastery on 13 December 2007.