In 1496 King Manuel I petitioned for permission to build a large monastery at the entrance to Lisbon on the banks of the Tagus River. Construction began in 1501 and the work was finished about a century later. At the end of the 19th century the remains of Vasco da Gama and Luís de Camões were placed in the Church in tombs built by the sculpture Costa Mota. The Mosteiro dos Jerónimos is, together with the Torre de Belém, of the most prominent landmarks in Lisbon.