Lisbon
Rosa dos Ventos
Portuguese Discoveries Monument
Avenida de Brasília
Belém
Lisboa,
The square in front of the Discoveries Monument depicts an enormous Rosa dos Ventos (a large compass) artistically and cleverly designed to pay homage to the Portuguese navigators of olden times. The image can be seen in all it's glory from the top of the Discoveries monument or better still from an airplane. Also on the ground, we can see the outlined routes of the conquests and discoveries that contributed to Portugal's historical golden age.
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