Inqaba yaseBelém Sesinye seempawu ezibaluleke kakhulu eLisbon, nakuyo yonke iPortugal. Esi sakhiwo sakhiwa ngokomyalelo ka-King Manuel I ngo-1514. Wasigunyazisa ukuba siyile igcisa lokwakha eliqinisekileyo, uFrancisco de Arruda. Injongo yenqaba yayikukusebenza njengendawo yokuzikhusela ekungeneni kweli chweba. Namhlanje sesinye sezona zikhumbuzo zintle esixekweni kwaye iifom zayo zeManueline zigqamile ngokubaluleka kwazo.
Esinye sezihombiso ezibaluleke kakhulu kwiTorre de Belém ngumkhombe wamatye owadala isiphithiphithi ngexesha lokumiselwa kwawo kwaye namhlanje uhleli njengenye yeentsomi zasezidolophini malunga nolwakhiwo lwenqaba.
Umkhombe
Ilitye lomkhombe Yimbonakaliso yemikhombe yokuqala eyangena eYurophu isaphila ukusukela kwinkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC. Isilwanyana sagqibela ngokuguqula iJografi yaseYurophu kwaye saba nesiphelo esibuhlungu.
Kwakungo-1514 kwaye umbusi wase-India wanika u-Alfonso de Alburquerque, irhuluneli ye-India yase-Portuguese, indlovu kunye nomkhombe. Irhuluneli yamangaliswa sesi silwanyana sokugqibela kwaye yagqiba kwelokuba ibathumele kuKumkani uManuel I ukuze bonwabe ngobuhle baso.
Ezi zilwanyana zibini zafika ePortugal ngoMeyi 20, 1515. Indlovu yayingasakhonto intsha, kodwa umkhombe washiya bonke ababambe ongezantsi bemangalisiwe. Kwakungokokuqala ukuba isilwanyana sibonwe kwaye amaqela aqala ukubanjwa ngembeko yaso lonke ixesha lonyaka.
Nditsho noPopu Leo X wayefuna ukudibana naye noManuel ndalungiselela umngcelele wokuthatha imikhombe usise eVatican. Ngelishwa, inqanawa apho isilwanyana sihamba khona yaphuka. Xa kwafunyanwa iintsalela zesilwanyana, sasisele sifile.
Ukwenza i-rhinoceros ingafi, inani elikwiTorre de Belém namhlanje lenziwe.