It was created more than 200 years ago by Catholic Sisters at Jerónimos Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos) at Belém in Lisbon.
On 13 December 2007, the Treaty of Lisbon was signed at the monastery, laying down the basis for the reform of the European Union.
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He used calcário de lioz, a local gold-coloured limestone, that was quarried from Ajuda, the valley of Alcántara, Laveiras, Rio Seco and Tercena, for its construction.
Heading eastwards towards the city centre, the course passes the docks and traces a route alongside much of the city's historical architecture, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.
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Belém's Jerónimos Monastery and the Tower of Belém are attractions in the parish, which is also home to the Portuguese pastry pastéis de Belém.
It is situated near the riverside in Alcântara (Lisbon), in an important cultural corner of Lisbon which integrates the Orient Museum, the National Palace, the National Coach Museum, the Presidency of the Republic Museum, the Jeronimos Monastery, and the Belem Cultural Centre.
The episcopal ordination took place on 22 January 2000 in the Church of the Jeronimos Monastery with Patriarch D. José Policarpo as principal consecrator along with bishops D. Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão and D. Albino Mamede Cleto.
Manueline churches like that of Jerónimos Monastery anticipated the unification of inner space (see Hall Church) that would characterise Renaissance churches like the Mercy Church of Santarém (after 1559), the Santo Antão Church of Évora (1557–63) and the cathedrals of Leiria (after 1550) and Portalegre (after 1556).