Jerónimos Monastery

building in Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon District, Portugal
Place monastery Q272781
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Jerónimos Monastery

Summary

Jerónimos Monastery is a monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 0.31% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,521 views/month, #3 of 959).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jerónimos Monastery's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Jerónimos Monastery is located in Belém[4].
  • Jerónimos Monastery is in the country of Portugal[5].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's instance of is recorded as monastery[6].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's instance of is recorded as cultural heritage[7].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's architect is recorded as Diogo de Boitaca[8].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's architect is recorded as Diego de Torralva[9].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's architect is recorded as Nicolau Chanterene[10].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance architecture[11].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's architectural style is recorded as Manueline[12].
  • The location of Jerónimos Monastery was Freguesia de Santa Maria de Belém[13].
  • Jerónimos Monastery is part of Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon[14].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's Commons category is recorded as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[15].
  • 1502 marks the founding of Jerónimos Monastery[16].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.697846, 'lon': -9.205601}[17].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's diocese is recorded as Patriarchate of Lisbon[18].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's official website is recorded as http://www.mosteirojeronimos.pt[19].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's Commons gallery is recorded as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[20].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+1096283'}[21].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as National Monument of Portugal[22].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[23].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[24].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's date of official opening is recorded as 1601[25].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Mosteiro dos Jerónimos'}[26].
  • Jerónimos Monastery's category for people buried here is recorded as Category:Tombs in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos[27].

Body

Geography

Jerónimos Monastery is in the country of Portugal[5]. It is located in Belém[4]. It is part of Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon[14].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2.57'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+51.5'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include monastery[6] and cultural heritage[7]. Heritage statuses include National Monument of Portugal[22], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[23], and World Heritage Site[24]. Jerónimos Monastery's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1502 marks the founding of Jerónimos Monastery[16].

Why It Matters

Jerónimos Monastery ranks in the top 0.31% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,521 views/month, #3 of 959).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. wikilovesmonuments.org.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · Tm · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → 1502 legte König Manuel I. den Grundstein für das Hieronymus
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: 1502 legte König Manuel I. den Grundstein für das Hieronymus Kloster in Lissabon. 06.jpg"
  2. 6d ago · GilPe · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → 1502 legte König Manuel I. den Grundstein für das Hieronymus
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Jerónimos April 2009-4.jpg"
  3. 6d ago · Kent Wang · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'e
    Gnd id → 10003371-4
    Sitelink count → 53
    Image → 1502 legte König Manuel I. den Grundstein für das Hieronymus
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Church and monastery of Jerónimos Monastery.jpg"
  4. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45843|batch #45843]]: redundant value; it should not have a time zone."
  5. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Aselliscus stoliczkanus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q307762, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people buried here → Category:Tombs in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
    Visitors per year → {'amount': '+1096283'}
    Architect → Diogo de Boitaca, Diego de Torralva, Nicolau Chanterene
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 38.697846, 'lon': -9.205601}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||fr, tr, ca, cs, hr, pl, sq, lv, mul */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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