UMbhoshongo WaseBelém Ingesinye sezimpawu ezibaluleke kakhulu eLisbon, nakuwo wonke amaPortugal. Lesi sakhiwo sakhiwa ngokomyalelo weNkosi uManuel I ngo-1514. Wasithumela kumakhi waso owayemethemba, uFrancisco de Arruda. Inhloso yombhoshongo kwakuwukusebenza njengenqaba yokuzivikela esangweni lomfula. Namuhla ngesinye sezikhumbuzo ezinhle kakhulu edolobheni futhi amafomu alo kaManueline avelele ngokubaluleka kwawo kwezokwakha.
Enye yemihlobiso ebaluleke kakhulu yeTorre de Belém wubhejane wamatshe owadala umsindo ngesikhathi sokuvulwa kwayo kanti namuhla usalokhu engomunye wezinganekwane zasemadolobheni ngokwakhiwa kombhoshongo.
Ubhejane
Itshe lobhejane Kuyisibonakaliso sobhejane bokuqala abangena eYurophu besaphila kusukela ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC. Isilwane sagcina siguqula ukuma kwezwe laseYurophu futhi saba nokuphela kabuhlungu.
Kwakungu-1514 futhi umbusi waseNdiya wanika u-Alfonso de Alburquerque, umbusi waseNdiya yasePutukezi, indlovu nobhejane. Umbusi wamangazwa yilesi silwane sokugcina wanquma ukusithumela eNkosini uManuel I ukuze ajabule ngobuhle baso.
Lezi zilwane ezimbili zafika ePortugal ngoMeyi 20, 1515. Indlovu yayingaseyona into eseyintsha, kodwa ubhejane washiya bonke ababambe iqhaza bemangele. Bekungokokuqala ukuthi isilwane sibonakale futhi amaqembu aqala ukubanjelwa ukuhlonishwa ngaso isizini yonke.
Ngisho noPapa Leo X wayefuna ukuhlangana naye noManuel I walungisa udwendwe lokuyisa obhejane eVatican. Ngeshwa, umkhumbi lapho isilwane esasihamba khona waphuka. Lapho kutholakala izinsalela zesilwane, sasivele sifile.
Ukwenza ubhejane ungafi, isibalo namuhla esiseTorre de Belém senziwa.