The area of Belem in Lisbon is named after the town of Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. The idea is that, like the shepherds went to Bethlehem to see Jesus and then left, telling everyone they saw about the birth of the Savior, so the Portuguese Christians would be leaving Bethlehem and bringing the news of the Savior to lands that had never heard His name.
The Belem Tower is a military building that stands on the bank of the Tagus River and guards the entrance to the harbor at Belem. It is also a beautifully built building.
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| Can you see a kind-of strangely-shaped building half-hidden by the trees, just in front of the bridge? I'll get to that one in a future post. |
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