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Belém Tower

fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal
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Summary

Belém Tower is a fort[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,200 views/month, #3 of 879).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Belém[3]
  • Country: Portugal[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Tagus River[6]
  • Instance of: fortified tower[7], cultural heritage[8], architectural heritage monument[9], tourist attraction[10]
  • Architect: Francisco de Arruda[11]
  • Architectural style: Manueline[12]
  • Location: Freguesia de Santa Maria de Belém[13]
  • Part of: Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon[14]
  • Commons category: Torre de Belém[15]
  • Inception: 1515[16]
  • Official website: https://torrebelem.com/[17], http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/dgpc/m/torre-de-belem/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Torre de Belém[19]
  • Commons gallery: Torre de Belém[20]
  • Visitors per year: 377,780[21]
  • Heritage designation: National Monument of Portugal[22], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[23]
  • Has characteristic: tourist attraction[24]
  • Native label: Torre de Belém[25]
  • Area: 0.09 ha[26], 51.5 ha[27]
  • Height: 35 m[28]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of Torre de Belém[29]
  • Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of Torre de Belém[30]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Torre de Belém[31]

Why It Matters

Belém Tower has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Portugal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Abraham · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fort, fortified tower, cultural heritage +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: architectural heritage monument"
  2. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fort, fortified tower, cultural heritage +2
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  3. 17w ago · Artlejandra · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://torrebelem.com/, http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://torrebelem.com/"
  4. 18w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Domingos Jorge Velho
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Factgrid item id: Q1791609, adds FactGrid ID"
  5. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → lighthouse
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+0.09'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+51.5'}
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Torre de Belém
    Height → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+35'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007549188405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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