Architectural Styles
Manueline
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1490s-1520s
- Blend of Gothic and Renaissance
- elaborate decorative elements,
- intricate carvings
- local limestone
- Tall, Elongated Forms
- Complex Vaulting
- nautical themes & motifs
- elements like anchors, ropes, globes, shells, and corals,
- Portugal
- Brazil
- Goa
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Monasteries
- churches
- palaces
- noble residences
- fortifications
- Jerónimos Monastery Lisbon
- Belém Tower Lisbon
- Convent of Christ Tomar
- Batalha Monastery Batalha
- Royal Palace of Sintra Sintra
- Church of Jesus of Setúbal Setúbal
- Convent of São João de Tarouca, Viseu District
- Royal Cloister of the Cathedral of Lisbon
- Estalagens (inns)
- Hospedarias / guest lodgings
- Taverns with lodging
- Port and maritime lodging (harbour-side accommodation)
- Pilgrim hospices and hospitals (hospitais)
- Monastery / convent guest lodging
- Royal / noble hospitality
- Private lodging in townhouses
Adaptive Reuse
- Pousada Convento de Évora (Évora)
- Pousada Mosteiro de Guimarães (Guimarães)
- Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos (Lisbon)
- Pousada de Ourém (formerly part of a 15th-c. convent)
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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