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The 1960 Dicoveries Monument. End of Lisbon Pictures.
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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.

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