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The Monument of Discoveries (In Portuguese Padrao dos Descobrimentos) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary near Lisbon, Portugal. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. The 52-metre-high (171 ft) monument was completed in 1960 and takes the form of the prow of a caravel (ship used in the early Portuguese exploration). On either side of the slab are ramps that join at the river's edge, with the figure of Henry the Navigator on its edge. On either side of the Infante, along the ramp, are 16 figures (33 in total) representing figures from the Portuguese Age of Discovery. These great people of the era included monarchs, explorers, cartographers, artists, scientists and missionaries. Each idealized figure is designed to show movement towards the front (the unknown sea), projecting a direct or indirect synthesis of their participation in the events after Henry. Click here to see more of my photos from Lisbon in the Portugal gallery on my web site. |
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| Author | Mark Fischer |
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