Padrão dos Descobrimentos

E104049
monument outdoor sculpture tourist attraction

Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monumental riverside sculpture in Lisbon commemorating Portugal’s Age of Discoveries and its key explorers.

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Padrão dos Descobrimentos canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monument ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Cottinelli Telmo ⓘ
builtToMark 500th anniversary of Henry the Navigator’s death ⓘ
commemorates Portuguese explorers ⓘ
Portuguese maritime discoveries ⓘ
compassRoseDiameter approximately 50 meters ⓘ
compassRoseGiftFrom South Africa ⓘ
compassRoseIncludes world map of Portuguese discoveries ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
dedicatedTo Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Age of Discoveries
featuresFigure Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ
Bartolomeu Dias ⓘ
Diogo Cão ⓘ
Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ
Gil Eanes ⓘ
Henry the Navigator ⓘ
Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra ⓘ
Afonso V of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: King Afonso V of Portugal

King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ
Luís de Camões ⓘ
Nuno Gonçalves ⓘ
Pedro Álvares Cabral ⓘ
Vasco da Gama ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Lisbon ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon City Council
hasFeature compass rose pavement in front ⓘ
elevator to upper levels ⓘ
exterior stone reliefs ⓘ
interior exhibition hall ⓘ
rooftop terrace ⓘ
hasFunction museum space ⓘ
viewpoint ⓘ
hasNumberOfStatues 33 ⓘ
hasShape stylized caravel prow ⓘ
height approximately 52 meters ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
locatedIn Belém ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ
locatedNear Belém Tower ⓘ
Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ
locatedOn northern bank of the Tagus River ⓘ
material lioz limestone ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
originalConstructionDate 1940 ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor Portuguese World Exhibition of 1940 ⓘ
rebuiltAsPermanentStructure 1960 ⓘ
sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida ⓘ
unveiledOn 1960-08-09 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belém → knownFor → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
Belém → contains → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
Belém railway station → locatedNear → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
Praça do Império → near → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
Praça do Império → hasViewOf → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
Maritime Museum of Lisbon (in part of the complex) → locatedNear → Padrão dos Descobrimentos ⓘ
subject surface form: Maritime Museum of Lisbon