Ceiling, nave and choir, Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal

Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses, and the choir below, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Looking up at the ceiling of the nave with its ornate bosses, and the choir below, in the Jeronimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, a monastery of the Order of St Jerome, built in the 16th century in Late Gothic Manueline style, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. The monastic complex includes the church with portal by Joao de Castilho, cloisters, and Chapel of St Jerome. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen