One of the most important examples of Manueline style is the Jerónimos Monastery at Lisbon, in which Renaissance ornaments decorate portals, church columns and cloisters. The definitive abandonment of Gothic architecture and the first "pure" Renaissance structures appear later in the 16th century, under King John III, like the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Tomar, the Porta Especiosa of Coimbra Cathedral and the Graça Church at Évora, as well as the cloisters of the Cathedral of Viseu and Convent of Christ in Tomar. Manueline churches like that of Jerónimos Monastery anticipated the unification of inner space that would characterise Renaissance churches like the Mercy Church of Santarém, the Santo Antão Church of Évora and the cathedrals of Leiria and Portalegre. São Roque Church and the Mannerist Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, both located in Lisbon, heavily influenced religious architecture in both Portugal and its colonies overseas in the next centuries. Mannerist churches influenced by these include the Jesuit churches of Coimbra and Salvador da Bahia, in Brazil.
Secular architecture
An important and rare example of urban palace of the Renaissance is the Casa dos Bicos in Lisbon, with a façade covered with diamond reliefs in Italian fashion. During the first half of the 16th century, the Portuguese nobility built various quintas in the area surrounding Lisbon. Among these, the Quinta da Bacalhoa, near Setúbal, is the most important, although recently ruined and degraded after its sale to a winery. In contrast to Portuguese mediaeval palaces like the Royal Palace at Sintra, the façades of Bacalhoa have a symmetrical arrangement of windows, loggias and towers and the building is surrounded by an artificial lake and geometrical gardens, an ensemble that reveals Italian inspiration. Also near Setúbal is located the Quinta das Torres, also characterised by its symmetrical façades and a pavilion in the middle of its artificial lake. The Ribeira Palace of Lisbon, a royal palace built in the early 16th century in Manueline style by King Manuel I, was remodelled towards the end of the 16th century by the orders of Philip I. At this time the façade of the palace was modernised and a large Renaissance-style tower with a dome was built by the Tagus river. The palace and its prominent tower dominated the cityscape of Lisbon until 1755, when the Great Lisbon earthquake destroyed it. With the royal palace destroyed, perhaps the most important late Renaissance palace in Portugal is the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries for the Dukes of Braganza.
