Groundspeak Premium Membergreysman visited Belem Tower / Torre de Belem - Lisboa
Walked along the front from the Navigators Monument, Padrão dos Descobrimentos, and the Monastery, Mosteiro dos Jerõnimos, during our stay in Cascais. This was a really interesting visit, loved exploring the interior and wondered just how much of a defensive show could have been put on from here. Would the builders really have gone to all the trouble of this wonderful exterior decoration if it was likely to have been blown away at the first broadside from a man-o-war? And would they have put it there if it were only a customs post? Still it makes for a good visit.

[Log Edited by greysman on 10/16/2009 2:29:35 PM]