Jerónimos Monastery
building in Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon District, Portugal
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Summary
Jerónimos Monastery is a monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 0.31% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,146 views/month, #3 of 959).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Belém[4]
- Country: Portugal[5]
- Instance of: cultural heritage[6]
- Architect: Diogo de Boitaca[7], Diego de Torralva[8], Nicolau Chanterene[9]
- Architectural style: Renaissance architecture[10], Manueline[11]
- Location: Freguesia de Santa Maria de Belém[12]
- Part of: Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon[13]
- Commons category: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[14]
- Inception: 1502[15]
- Diocese: Patriarchate of Lisbon[16]
- Official website: http://www.mosteirojeronimos.pt[17]
- Commons gallery: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[18]
- Visitors per year: 1,096,283[19]
- Heritage designation: National Monument of Portugal[20], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[21], World Heritage Site[22]
- Date of official opening: 1601[23]
- Native label: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[24]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Tombs in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[25]
- Area: 2.57 ha[26], 51.5 ha[27]
- World Heritage criteria: (iii)[28], (vi)[29]
- Significant person: Lorenzo Lusitano[30]
- Christian liturgical rite: Roman Rite[31]
- Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[32]
- Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[33]
Why It Matters
Jerónimos Monastery has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]