Monumento aos Descobrimentos - Lisboa, Portugal
Posted by: razalas
N 38° 41.630 W 009° 12.355
29S E 482092 N 4282821
Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monument that celebrates the Portuguese who took part in the Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration, of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Waymark Code: WMAWC8
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/03/2011
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The monument consists of a 52 metre-high slab of concrete, carved into the shape of the prow of a ship. The side that faces away from the river features a carved sword stretching the full height of the monument. It was conceived by Portuguese artists, architect Cottinelli Telmo and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida as a temporary beacon of the Portuguese World Fair in 1940. The Monument to the Discoveries represents a romantic idealisation of the Portuguese past that was typical during Salazar's Estado Novo regime.
From: Wikipedia