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Ceremony in Império Square
In the first official act after His arrival on a four day visit to Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI received the protocol State Honours in the Jerónimos Monastery, by a battalion of the Academy of the Armed Forces, with the Holy See and Portuguese Hymns played the Navy Band.
After the march past of the forces on parade, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Jerónimos Church, where he prayed, and the cloisters of the Monastery, after which the Popemobile was escorted by a cavalry detachment of the National Republican Guard, between Império Square and the Palace of Belém.
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