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- adjective architecture Describing a
Portuguese form ofGothic style
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Examples
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Its construction was funded largely with the loot the country's mariners brought back, and it's considered a masterpiece of Portugal's lavish Manueline style of architecture.
Take Monday Off: Lisbon Chris Nuttall-Smith 2011
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The columned arches of the cloisters are decorated with the twisted cable moulding so common in Manueline buildings.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The architect Diogo Boitac designed this wonderful example of Manueline style in 1494.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The two best surviving examples of Manueline architecture are the Torre de Belem and the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos.
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The remnants of the Portuguese architecture are all it seems to offer, and the Manueline cistern of the El Jadida fortress is certainly worth a visit.
THE VIEW FROM FEZ 2010
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A typical example of Portugal's unique Manueline architecture.
WN.com - Articles related to Socially responsible art? It doesn't have to send you to sleep 2010
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The two best surviving examples of Manueline architecture are the Torre de Belem and the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos.
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The two best surviving examples of Manueline architecture are the Torre de Belem and the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos.
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The two best surviving examples of Manueline architecture are the Torre de Belem and the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos.
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Not far off, I spy the Jeronimos monastery, a gorgeous 16th century complex adorned in classic Manueline style, Portugal's ornamental fusion of Gothic and Moorish architecture.
SFGate: Top News Stories David Armstrong 2010
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