Oceanário de Lisboa, Portugal
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?The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal (Portuguese: Oceanário de Lisboa) is an aquarium dedicated to the ocean.
Waymark Code: WM68YQ
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 04/25/2009
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?The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal (Portuguese: Oceanário de Lisboa) is an aquarium dedicated to the ocean.
It is located in the Park of Nations, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo 98.
The building is the work of the North-American architect Peter Chermayeff, resembling an Aircraft carrier, and is built in the pier of an internal sea. It is one of the largest aquariums in the world, and has a large collection of marine species — birds, mammals, fishes, cnidaria and other marine organisms.
The exhibition is arranged around four smaller aquaria, displaying the fauna and flora of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and of the Antarctic and a large central tank to exhibit species of the open ocean, from sharks and large groupers to Tuna fish and small wrasses. Despite its intention of representing the open ocean, it has been criticised by several scientists for grouping together species that would never meet in nature.
The exhibition aquaria can be viewed from several levels to see underwater and coastal habitats.
The Stamp Block contains a brief description of the Oceranarium, a photo of the aquarium inside and the stamp contains an image of the Oceanarium Building and a Western Rockhopper Penguin.
The fotos are from Mafalda Frade and the artwork from Helder Soares.
There were printed 60000 stamp blocks and launched on the 22 March 2004.
Stamp Issuing Country: Portugal
Date of Issue: 2004
Denomination: 1.5 Euro
Color: Multicolor
Stamp Type: Multiple (blocks, etc.)
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