The Monastery of the Hieronymites, in Belém was erected in honor of his voyage to India.

Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança was born in the last year of the reign of his grandfather, King Luís I ; he was the third child, and last son, born to Carlos I of Portugal and Amélie of Orleans in the Palace of Belém, Lisbon, seven months before his father ascended the Portuguese throne.

Belém was one of the 18 candidates to host games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but was not selected.

Although it was expected that the new regent would disembark at the Praça do Comércio, where a stage had been constructed, Miguel preferred to disembark in Belém.

The state of Maranhão was still further divided in 1737 into the Estado do Maranhão e Piauí and the Estado do Grão-Pará e Rio Negro, with its capital in Belém do Pará.

The song continues to be covered to this day ; for example: Pastor López, Beto Barbosa, Manezinho do Sax, while others were increasing their careers, as was the case with Sidney Magal, Sandy e Júnior, Fafá de Belém and the group Trem da Alegria.

Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become part of Brazil until 1775.

The name Belém is the Portuguese for Bethlehem, the city where Jesus Christ was born.

In 1616 the fortified settlement of Feliz Lusitânia, later called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão Pará ( Our Lady of Bethlehem of the Great Para ) and Santa Maria de Belém ( St. Mary of Bethlehem ), was established, consolidating Portuguese supremacy over the French in what is now northern Brazil.

Belém was given city status in 1655 and was made capital of the State when Pará state was separated from Maranhão in 1772.

The sugar trade was important in the Belém region until the end of the 17th century.

Japanese immigration after the 1930s was an important factor in developing jute and black pepper, notably at Tomé-Açu, just south of Belém, and near Santarém.

When the Sacred Image leaves Icoaraci in the event's official ship, a Navy Corvette, it is followed by tens of boats and ships of all colors and types, decorated to greet the Virgin and follow her through the waters of the Guajará Bay to the pier of Belém, where it will be escorted by motorcyclists all the way to the Gentil Bittencourt School, only leaving at 6 pm for the Trasladação ( Transfer ), which is a symbolism for reviving the story of the discovery of the Saint and its return to the place where it was found, in a candle-lit procession, following the Carriage that is tied to a rope that is carried by the faithful until it arrives at the Sé Cathedral.

On the same day in the south Atlantic, midway between Belém and Freetown, the southern most limit of the Rheinubung operation, tanker Esso Hamburg was intercepted by cruiser London ; while the following day London, accompanied by Brilliant, sank the tanker Egerland.

Its capital city was Belém do Pará.

The now extinct TV Guajará, based in Belém, was launched in 1969, followed by TV Verdes Mares on January of the following year, although it began its test broadcasts on 1969.

It was King Manuel I of Portugal, the Renaissance gentleman scholar, who acquired the land, which he named Quinta de Belém in 1559, constructing a building with three salons and two atriums.

Under the architect João Pedro Ludovice, the Casa Real de Campo de Belém or Palácio das Leoneiras ( Royal House of Belém Field or Palace of the Leoneiras, respectively ) was cleaned-up: the tile work replaced and the greenhouses and stables were repaired.

Similarly, the King D. Luís I Painting Gallery was the setting for the exposition " Do Palácio de Belém " ( 2005 ) that presented the history, architecture and artistic works that have occupied the spaces of the palace.

Soon, lambada had spread throughout the world and the term soon became meaninglessly attached to multiple varieties of unrelated Brazilian music, leading to purist scorn from Belém and also Bahia.

Belém is also known as the Metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon region or the Cidade das Mangueiras ( city of mango trees ) due to the vast number of those trees found in the city.

Brazilians often refer to the city as Belém do Pará (" Belém of Pará ") rather than just Belém so as to differentiate it from the biblical Bethlehem in the West Bank ( Palestinian territories ) and also from Belém in Portugal.

In addition to these and also near Belém, is the island of Tatuoca which is the location of the only geophysical station in Latin America, one of seven in the world.

For visitors from the Southern, Southeastern and Mid-Eastern Regions, the best route is BR-010, which originates in Brasília in the South, and also PA-150, a route that links Belém to Southern Pará.

The border between the municipalities of Lisbon and Oeiras Municipality, Portugal | Oeiras ; shared also by the civil parishes of Santa Maria de Belém ( Lisbon ) and Algés Parish | Algés ( Oeiras )

References to other prominent Portuguese buildings such as the Belém Tower are also present.

Belem or Belém may also refer to:

The city of Belém lies to the south, across the southern fork ( also called the Pará River ) of the river's mouth.

Heritage tramways have also been opened in Belém, Brazil ( 2005 ), Iquique, Chile ( 2004 ) and Lima, Peru ( 1997 ).

He may also have been identical to an accomplished goldsmith of the same name ,< sup ></ sup > creator of the famous monstrance of Belém, and master of rhetoric of King Manuel I.

Besides politicians, the movement also included artists such as Milton Nascimento, Fernanda Montenegro, Gilberto Gil, Bruna Lombardi, Fafá de Belém, and Chico Buarque de Holanda.

The statue of the virgin of Belém, also referred to as Nossa Senhora de Bom Successo ( Our Lady of Good Success ), Nossa Senhora das Uvas ( Our Lady of the Grapes ) or the Virgem da Boa Viagem ( Virgin of Safe Homecoming ) is depicted holding a child in her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left.

The Estádio Olímpico do Pará stadium, also known as Mangueirão and Estádio Estadual Jornalista Edgar Augusto Proença ( State Stadium Edgar Augusto Proença, in English ) is a football stadium inaugurated on March 4, 1978 in Belém, Pará, with a maximum capacity of 45, 007 people.

In addition to the historical buildings and avenues, Belém is the location of the Jardim do Ultramar (), several blocks of green-spaces that includes the gardens of the Praça do Império (), the Jardim Vasco de Gama (), Afonso de Albuquerque Square and Jardim Agricola Tropical ().

Rego has 43 works in the collection of the British Council, 10 works in the collection of the Arts Council of England, 46 works in the Tate Gallery, London, and works in the British Government Art Collection, the British Museum, and the municipal collections of the cities of Bristol, Leicester, Rugby and Leeds in the United Kingdom, and the collections of the Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Portugal, the Chapel of the Palacio de Belém, Portugal, the Frissiras Museum, Greece, and the Yale Center for British Art, in the USA.

Every October, Belém receives tens of thousands of tourists for the year's most important religious celebration, the procession of the Círio de Nazaré.

The first Japanese immigrants who were for Amazon left the Port of Kobe in Japan, on July 24, 1926, and only reached the city of Tomé-Açu, on 22 September of that year, with stops in Rio de January and Belém.

Port of Belém has restaurants, art galleries, a small beer factory, ice-cream shops, artisan stands, regional food kiosks, coffee houses, a space for fairs and events, a theatre for 400 spectators and a touristic harbour.

* September 3 – Listening to a football ( soccer ) match, the pilots of Varig Flight 254, a Boeing 737 – 241 with 54 people on board, enter an incorrect heading into the flight computer before taking off from Marabá, Brazil, for Belém, Brazil.

The rubber era terminated after the boom of 1910 – 12, but Belém continued to be the main commercial centre of northern Brazil and the entrepôt for the Amazon valley.

Since then, the Círio is celebrated as a long procession of faith, in which thousands of people follow the saint through the streets of Belém, in a manifestation that lasts around five hours for unity, emotion and devotion, with no distinction of social classes, to express the strongest devotion to the belief.

With Hangar, Belém joins the market for national conventions that take place in a different city each time.

Belém has a great potential for this type of tourism.

Cultural centres such as the Belém Cultural Centre and the Culturgest, both in Lisbon, have expanded opportunities for major concerts.

As for other notes, the club moved from the Belém area of Lisbon to the present-day Benfica area, which is a neighborhood located in the northern part of the city.

In 1943, he went on a two-month, 35, 000-mile tour, giving concerts for military personnel in Belém and Natal, Brazil ; Accra, Gold Coast ; Aden ; Asmara, Eritrea ; Cairo ( where he met King Farouk ); Teheran, Iran ; Casablanca ; and the Azores.

The façade of the Belém Palace showing a crowd gathered to hear a speech by Sidónio Pais congratulating Portuguese forces for their participation in the First World War

At the time of the promulgation General Óscar Carmona decided to reside in the Citadel of Cascais, leaving the Palace of Belém for ceremonial affairs, official meetings, receptions and other formal occasions.

The journey lasted ten months ; and on the explorer's arrival in Belém, Acuna prepared his narrative, while awaiting a ship for Europe.

Almeida sailed for Portugal in December 1509 and reached Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope, where the Garcia, Belém and Santa Cruz dropped anchor late February, 1510, to replenish water.

In 1876, no Brazilian law would have prevented Wickham's collection of the seeds, but he may have misrepresented his cargo as dead botanical material destined for the herbarium in order to obtain an export license in Belém.

Tomás, while President of the Republic and unlike his predecessor, always lived in his private residence, only using the Belém Palace for office and official ceremonies.

With the influx of riches, the architects were not limited to small plans, and resources already prescribed for the Monastery of Batalha ( including the Aviz pantheon ) were redirected to the project in Belém.