Symbol of Portuguese Maritime Expansion and one of the city's main
attractions, the building of the bulwark Tower of Belém followed rational guidelines for the protection of the Tagus Estuary drawn up under João II as part of a greater plan for general reorganisation of the armed forces on land and sea.
During the reign of Philip II of Spain also served as a prison and customs. With a Manueline architecture, the Tower of Belém comes to us today as a wonder for landlubbers.
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