torre de belem

Posted by pedro alexandre (loures, Portugal) on 26 February 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.

From here we left to discover new worlds

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Comments (7)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Um dia muito nublado! A cor que escolheste dá um ar antigo ao Mosteiro como se viajassemos para o passado.

26 Feb 2007 7:27am

Kaushal from Groningen, Netherlands

Awesome pp on this one...its a great shot as well and loved that you managed to capture that bird in this frame as well...Nice! :)

26 Feb 2007 7:46pm

Still from Valence, France

Impressive tower! I suppose it has an historic place!

26 Feb 2007 9:15pm

@Still: Yes, most of the people don't realise the importance of this tower, it was built in 1514, to protect the city with its cannons, the Indian routes during the discovery started from here, it was finalized in 1520, the with the advance of weapons technology, it lost its function and then turned into a dungeon for political prisioners, it has 16 cannons!!