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The central figure of this entrance is Nossa Senhora de Belém
(Our Lady of Belém), to whom the Church and the Monastery
are dedicated. Alongside the Virgin is a collection of statues representing
the Prophets, the Apostles, Doctors of the Church and Virgin Saints
(or perhaps seers).
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Nossa
Senhora de Belém (Our Lady of Belém),
by João de Castilho, 1517 |
St.
Jerome,
by João de Castilho, 1517 |
Archangel
St. Michael,
by João de Castilho, 1517 |
Scenes from the life of St. Jerome are represented
in the space around the arch of the doorway. Below, between the twin
doors of the Church is a statue of Prince Henry the Navigator. Dominating
them all from above is the Archangel St. Michael.
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