The Centro Cultural de Belém, situated in the west of Lisbon, next to the River Tagus, and harmoniously fitting in within an architectural group dominated by the splendid sixteenth century building which is the Hieronymite Monastery, and with the Belém Tower only a short distance away, was inaugurated in 1993, after having previously received, somewhat symbolically, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of European Communities.
The Centre was designed by the architects Vittorio Gregotti and Manuel Salgado, and was conceived as “a small part of the city” of Lisbon, in its geography and in its relationship with the river, with a judicious use of light, and accentuating the surrounding tonality by using in its building the same type of stone that had been used in the past in the building of the Hieronymite Monastery. 

Facilities at the Venue
The "Centro Cultural de Belém" is equipped with ATM machines, telephone facilities, restaurants, coffee shop and/or bar