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RE: Jeronimos Monestary in Belém Portugal

in Worldmappin2 years ago

Good one Leaky. Pretty extravagant structure. Spices, fascinating right? When we were in Amsterdam I learned how valuable pepper was there probably around the same time that monastery was built. Dude said one little cup was worth the value of the house it was in.

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That's so crazy to think about. The things we take for granted were so highly valued in the past. Strange and cool at the same time.