Belém Tower (it is also known as the Tower or Castle of Saint Vincent)

Belém Tower (it is also known as the Tower or Castle of Saint Vincent)

The tower was built on a small island in the Tagus River near the Lisbon shore between 1514 and 1520.

It is one of the most visited and iconic monuments of the city and was classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983. The Belem Tower was built under the command of King Manuel I at the time where the Portuguese maritime expansion was at its best. The king appointed Francisco de Arruda to construct it with the supervision of Diogo Boitaca. It has Portuguese Manueline style, but it also incorporates hints of other architectural styles. The structure was built from limestone and is composed of a bastion and the 30 meter four story tower.

Tagus – река Тежу Берёт начало на территории Испании и впадает в Атлантический океан в районе Лиссабона.

Manuel I - Мануэл I Счастливый (31 мая 1469 — 13 декабря 1521) — король Португалии с 25 октября 1495 -1521.

Limestone – известняк

Bastion – бастион, крепость

The east side with gangway to the shore

The gangway leads to the entrance. Private quarters are in the tower with a chapel at the very top. Details showing shield-shaped battlements decorated with the cross of the Order of Christ and stone-carved rope decoration. Nautical rope and armillary spheres represent Portuguese seafaring prowess.

Gangway - переходный откидной мостик

Chapel - часовня

shield-shaped battlements – зубцы с гербами

the Order of Christ - Орден Христа - духовно-рыцарский орден, правопреемник тамплиеров на территории Португалии

stone-carved rope – веревка с резьбой по камню

armillary spheres - армиллярные сферы— один из древнейших астрономических приборов, изобретенный более двух тысяч лет назад, в древнем Вавилоне. Армилла применялась в качестве упрощенного небесного глобуса, наглядно представляющего движения различных небесных светил, а также основные точки и линии небесной сферы.

Prowess- доблесть

Pictures 2,3,4

pic 5 Window of the Governor's room; right: nautical rope decoration carved in stone

Nautical -морской

Terrace looking up at the Renaissance arcaded loggia that provides a beautiful panoramic view. The loggia has 7 arches and rests on large corbels. It sloped roof ends in twisted rope.

arcaded loggia – лоджия с аркадой Лоджия (итал. loggia) — помещение, открытое с одной, двух или трёх сторон, где стену заменяют колоннада, аркада, парапет

corbels – кронштейны

sloped –наклонная, скошенный

6, 7

Views of the terrace with a Statue of the Virgin of Safe Homecoming (also called Our Lady of Good Success) stands in the niche facing the sea. She is holding a child in her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left.

The Virgin of Safe Homecoming - статуя Богоматери с младенцем, являющаяся для моряков в дальних странствиях символом защиты

Niche - ниша

pic. 8 Views of the terrace

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Views of the Moorish styled watchtowers on the picture №9. Sentry posts are stationed around the periphery of the tower. A rhinoceros made of stone at the base of one of the watchtowers facing west.

Watchtowers -- сторожевые башни

Moorish – мавританский

Periphery - окружность, перифирия

Sentry –часовой

rhinoceros - носорог

pic. 10 The Gothic vaulted dungeon below the terrace

vaulted dungeon - сводчатые подземелья

pic. 11The area below the terrace served as both a prison and storeroom for armaments

Armaments - вооружения

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