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Padrao dos Descobrimentos - Lisbon - Reviews of Padrao dos Descobrimentos - TripAdvisor
I did not actually go inside the monument but from the outside, it is impressive. The views are great and there is an elevator which will take you to the top of the monument to see ...
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Padrão dos Descobrimentos | Museum/Attraction Review | Lisbon | Frommers.com
At the point where the two ramps meet is a representation of Henry the Navigator, whose genius opened up new worlds. The memorial was unveiled in 1960, and one of the stone figures is that of a kneeling Philippa of Lancaster, Henry's English mother. Other figures in the frieze symbolize the crusader...
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Belém- Lisbon, Portugal - VirtualTourist.com
Padrão dos Descobrimentos. This about 50 m high monument celebrates, as said by its name, the Portuguese who took part in some way to the age of discoveries. It was built in 1960 for the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator and is located in the quite agreeable ...
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Grand structures and architecture- Lisbon, Portugal - VirtualTourist.com
Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries) The Padrao dos Descobrimentos was completed as a model for the Portuguese world exhibition and erected on the bank of the Tagus in its current form in 1960. The official reason for the opening of the monument was the celebration of the 500th an...
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Torre de Belem and Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon - IgoUgo Reviews
Upon leaving the Museu da Marinha, we headed towards the riverfront, crossing busy Praca do Imperio and going through a mural-filled tunnel under a street to reach the strand of Avenida de Brasilia. Regardless of its dictatorial origins (Salazar had it erected to commemorate the 500th anniversary of...
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Padrao dos Descobrimentos | Lisbon Sights
The white, monolithic Monument of the Discoveries was erected in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator. It was built on what was the departure point for many voyages of discovery, including those of Vasco da Gama for India and -- during Spain's occupati...
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DISCOVERIES MONUMENT (Padrão dos Descobrimentos), Lisbon
, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Cabral, and several other notable Portuguese explorers, crusaders, monks, cartographers, and cosmographers, following Prince Henry the Navigator at the prow holding a small vessel. The only female is queen Felipa of Lancaster, mother of Henry the navigator, the brain of th...
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