Monument to the Discoveries
The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
- …dates from 1958
- …has a skillion roof
- Description: memorial in Lisbon, Portugal
- Also known as“Monument of the Discoveries”“Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Belém Tower.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Belém Tower
National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon
Museum
The National Museum of Archaeology, of Doctor Leite… National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon is situated 440 metres north of Monument to the Discoveries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belém Tower and Belém.
Monument to the Discoveries
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Latitude
38.69359° or 38° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
-9.20572° or 9° 12′ 21″ west
Open location code
8CCGMQVV+CP
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monument to the Discoveries” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب الاكتشافات”
- Basque: “Aurkikuntzen monumentua”
- Bulgarian: “Паметник на Откритията”
- Catalan: “Monumento aos Descobrimentos”
- Catalan: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Chinese: “发现者纪念碑”
- Chinese: “發現者紀念碑”
- Czech: “Památník objevitelů”
- Danish: “Opdagernes monument”
- Dutch: “Padrao dos Descobrimentos”
- Dutch: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Esperanto: “Monumento al Malkovroj”
- Finnish: “Löytöretkien muistomerkki”
- French: “Monument aux Découvertes”
- French: “Padrao dos Descobrimentos”
- French: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Galician: “Monumento aos Descubrimentos”
- Galician: “Monumentos aos Navegantes”
- German: “Denkmal der Entdeckungen”
- German: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Greek: “Μνημείο των Ανακαλύψεων”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת התגליות”
- Indonesian: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Italian: “Monumento alle Scoperte”
- Japanese: “発掘のモニュメント”
- Japanese: “発見のモニュメント”
- Korean: “발견기념비”
- Lithuanian: “Atradėjų paminklas”
- Luxembourgish: “Monumento aos Descobrimentos”
- Luxembourgish: “Padrao dos Descobrimentos”
- Luxembourgish: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Malay: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oppdagernes monument”
- Norwegian: “Oppdagernes monument”
- Polish: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Polish: “pomnik Odkrywców”
- Polish: “Pomnik Odkrywców”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Descobrimentos”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Navegantes”
- Portuguese: “Padrão das Descobertas”
- Portuguese: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Russian: “Памятник первооткрывателям”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik odkritjem”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Descubrimientos”
- Spanish: “Monumento aos Descobrimentos”
- Spanish: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Swedish: “Upptäckarnas monument”
- Turkish: “Keşifler anıtı”
- Turkish: “Padrao dos Descobrimentos”
- Turkish: “Padrão dos Descobrimentos”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник першовідкривачам”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник португальським географічним відкриттям”
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