#Belem

[allthingseurope]

Belem Tower, Lisbon (by Jure)

[biostatprof]

Ceiling of Igreja de Santa Maria de Belém

[fidjiefidjie]

Le Belem 🔥à Marseille

"Et toi, Marseille, assise aux portes de la France, comme pour accueillir ses hôtes dans tes eaux."

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source: France 3/ Tik Tok

[fogdraws]

In Portugal rn and I brought a little notebook with me so have some sketches and a bit of history🫶

This is the Castle of São Jorge and it was built by the moors during the muslim occupation of Portugal; it has something around a thousand years of history! Obviously the part which I drew is only a small wall - it is gigantic (and kinda scary when at the top for someone that has a tinge of fear of heights) but be not mistaken, the castle has been in better shape, as it is basically ruins of what it once was. Very pretty, nonetheless!

This is the Arco da Rua Augusta - Augusta street arc? Not sure of the translation... - and it is the entry to the Rua Augusta (shock!), a very commercial street with lots of food and things to buy. It was in the Pombaline period (also not sure of its translation; Período Pombalino.) that its construction began, a bit after the 1755 earthquake, which destroyed a good part of Lisbon. There's also a marvelous confectionery near the street, Confeitaria Nacional!

And this one is the famous Torre de Belém! I actually lost my pen (my trustworthy bic :(() so I had to buy another one, but I actually like it so that's okay. It's from around 1500 and made to protect the Tejo river from attacks from the sea. The tower has served as many things over the many years it's been up: a fortress, a lighthouse, a customs port and even a telegraph station!

Also!!! Happy new year!!!! Hope we have a nice 2025!!!!!

[fascinatingeurope]

🇵🇹 An English Frigate in Choppy Waters in the Tagus Passing the Belem Tower - painting by John Thomas Serres (1759–1825). Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortification in Lisbon, Portugal.

[wachinyeya]

The golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), highly sought after in the illegal pet trade for its striking yellow plumage, is at risk of extinction in the Brazilian Amazon.

After being locally extinct for a century in Belém, the host city of next year’s COP30 climate summit, it’s being reintroduced by conservationists who have so far released 50 individuals into the wild since 2018.

The golden parakeet plays an important role in ecosystem services, especially in seed dispersal of the popular açaí berry and up to 22 other plant species native to the Amazon.

Conservationists say the project is an ongoing success, as the released golden parakeets have adapted well to life outside captivity and have even reproduced in the wild; the goal is to reintroduce another 50 birds over the next two years.

[betrosla]

Belem. Pará. Brasil. 30/08/2024. Foto de Pepín.

[tcr55]

I’m asked occasionally if I take tourist-like pics on my travels.

Yes, but if there’s a twist about, I’ll grab it.

Lisbon’s Belem Tower was built as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers in the early 1500s.

The industrial port is much newer.

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Igreja de Santa Maria de Belém (Mosteiro de Jerônimo) em Lisboa, PORTUGAL

[philoursmars]

Hier le 8 mai, la flamme olympique venue de Grèce arrive dans une de ses anciennes colonies phocéennes, Massalia !

Alors, posté au Mont Rose, j''admire le Belem, porteur de la flamme...

Il longe la Corniche Kennedy, passant sous la Bonne Mère, pour atteindre les plages du Prado...

[baebeylik]

Belem Tower.

Lisboa, Portugal.

Built between 1514-1520

[purosumitattoos]

Phylomedusa Tupinambá

[biostatprof]

Today a visit to Belem, Lisbon

Torre de Belem

[vmoktraveldiary]

Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal.

[balluprojects]

Focus, 2011

@ Belém, Lisboa, Portugal

have a great and productive week* ...and may doggo's be with you ^^

[jeffurlan]

A torre de Belém, em Lisboa

Portugal 🇵🇹