Belém (Portugal) (English spelling)

Japanese: Belém(ポルトガル)(英語表記)Belem
Belém (Portugal) (English spelling)

…The country's architecture showed great individuality during the Age of Discovery, when the Manueline style, named after King Manuel I (reigned 1495-1521), was born. This was an excessively decorative style that made extensive use of motifs such as ship equipment, marine products, and plant motifs, and spread throughout the country from late Gothic to the Renaissance. Its representative works include the windows of the Convent of Christ in Tomar, the Tower of Belém near Lisbon, and the Jerónimos Monastery. After that, architecture declined for a time, but in the first half of the 18th century, the Baroque Mafra Monastery and Villa was built by the German Ludwig II and his son. …

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Japanese:

…この国の建築が偉大な個性を発揮したのは大航海時代で,時の王マヌエル1世(在位1495‐1521)にちなむマヌエル様式と呼ばれる建築様式が生まれた。これは晩期ゴシックからルネサンスにかけて,船具,海産物などのモティーフや植物的モティーフを多用した過剰装飾様式で,全土に広がったが,トマールTomarのキリスト修道院の窓,リスボン近郊ベレンBelémの塔とジェロニモス修道院が代表作とされる。その後,建築は一時衰微するが,18世紀前半には,ドイツ人ルートウィヒ父子によってバロックのマフラMafra大修道院・離宮が造営された。…

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