Monument to the Discoveries
Padrão dos Descobrimentos (The monument to the Discoveries)
Padrão dos Descobrimentos (The monument to the Discoveries) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. The monument is a caravel of white limestone, on the nose of which stands the figure of the mastermind of Portuguese geographical discoveries - the Infant Heinrich the Navigator. Behind him, on both sides, there are 32 more figures of outstanding personalities of that era, including Vasco da Gama and Fernand Magellan.
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