A fragment of the monument to the Discoverers port. Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Monumento dos Descobrimentos is a monumental ensemble in Lisbon dedicated to the outstanding Portuguese figures of the era of great geographical discoveries, Belem district on the banks of the Tagus River. The following figures are depicted: Frei Gonçalo de Carvalho, O.P. Dominican Missionary, Frei Henrique de Coimbra, O.F.M. Franciscan Missionary, LuÃÂs de Camões renaissance poet who celebrated the navigations in the epic Lusiads, Nuno Gonçalves painter
Gomes Eanes de Zurara chronicler, Pêro da Covilhã traveler, Jácome de Maiorca cartographer, Pedro Escobar pilot, Pedro, Nunes mathematician, Pêro de Alenquer pilot, Gil Eanes navigator, João Gonçalves Zarco navigator, Ferdinand the Holy Prince son of King John I of Portugal. Clouds and blue sky.
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