Henry the Navigator holding a model of a carrack
Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries) by José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo, 1958
Santa Maria de Belém
Lisbon, April 2019
“Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries.” (Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Wikipedia)
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