The ornate two-story cloister opens up into the greenery of a quadrangle at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal. Begun in the 16th century at the height of Portugal’s Age of Discovery preeminence, the monastery took around a century to complete. Click to view my high-resolution photo collection from Lisbon, or click to read my feature article “Lisbon: A Warning to the Free World” about how Portugal’s Age of Discovery decline is a cautionary tale for the modern West.
