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Example sentences for: manueline
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At the top of the hill, on Rua da Igreja, is Igreja Matriz, a charming 16th-century church, with a delicately carved Manueline portico, perhaps the finest on the Algarve.
One is the small but exquisite Torre de Belém, a romantic medieval fortress (particularly when floodlit by night) erected in 1515 to defend the entry to Lisbon and one of the finest examples of Manueline architecture (see page 25).
Also worth visiting are the Igreja Matriz (São Clemente), a 13th-century Gothic church with 18th-century azulejo tiles; the Convento da Graça, with a terrific Manueline portal; and Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a small church prized for its Baroque altar and ceramic tiles.
The palace is a bizarre and extravagant cocktail of Gothic, Renaissance, Manueline, and Moorish architecture fashioned as a love nest for Queen Maria II (1834–1853) and her smitten husband, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Monchique is a small market town, known for its handicrafts and the famous Manueline portico of its 16th-century Igreja Matriz.