Lisbon Pictures Guide
Discoveries
The
1960 Dicoveries Monument.
Also
in the Belem riverside district, along with the Torre
de Belem and the Mosteiro
dos Jeronimos is this modern but no less impressive sculpture
celebrating Portugal's high times during the Age of Discoveries when
Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama and many others sailed from
Belem in caravels - shaped like the monument - and immeasurably enriched
the country.
The leading figure on the sculpture is Prince Henry, with Vasco da
Gama behind him, followed by a bunch of pushy tourists.
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