Monument to the Discoveries

The entrance ticket allows you to take the lift to the top floor. From there you still have to climb a few flights of stairs to reach the observation deck. The view is nice but it's not the only place in Lisbon where you can get nice views over the Tagus estuary. The museum at the basement is worth a visit if you're interested in how the landscape in Lisbon changed over the years.

Portugal is most proud of the great seafaring era during the 1st century, when many sea explorers led fleets, reached the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts of South America, Asia, Africa, and established multiple colonies with guns, becoming the world's leading maritime power. In 1960, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry, the pioneer of Portuguese maritime business, a maritime monument was built at the mouth of the Lisbon River, the departure point of the oceanic fleet in the Great Sea Age. Today, the monument has become a prominent landmark and popular tourist attraction in Lisbon. The 52-meter-high monument sits north facing south, and it is magnificent. Standing north of the monument square, looking at a giant cross straight into the sky, looking at it carefully, the sword inlaid in the frame stabs the ground, the meaning and self-evident. The ground floor of the square draws a giant navigation compass, and the central world map shows the year and route of the first arrival of the Portuguese oceanographic fleet in the Great Navigation Age. Seeing "Macau", I feel a lot of emotion. Looking at the monument from both sides of the east and west, the monument resembles a huge ship with open sails, the bow of the ship is strung, and the three sails are moving forward by the wind. 80 historical navigators stand on both sides of the ship, looking beautiful and lifelike.

The Portuguese Navigation Monument was built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry, a sailing ship. The monument is engraved with Prince Henry, Machar and some of his voyagers, as well as famous generals, missionaries and scientists in Portuguese history, to commemorate the glorious history of Portugal's exploration of the sea, which was once an ocean empire. Now the first lyric of the Portuguese national anthem is to the effect of: Heroes at sea, noble people, brave country, never perish!

Very spectacular, if you want to see the front, you can take the boat, will pass, the ticket costs 25 euros per person.

Exquisite carvings. Represents the sailing era of Portugal. The weather in Portugal is the most charming. The sun is shining. This travel experience is great 👍🏻