Padrao Dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon Editorial Image

Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Monument of Discoveries), in Lisbon (Portugal). It is located on the estuary of the Tejo river in the Belem district of Lisbon, Portugal, where ships departed to their often unknown destinations. It celebrates the portuguese which participate to the big maritime discoveries between the 15th and 16th centuries, in front with Henrique the Sailor;