The Cloister at Jerónimos Monastery
Lisbon; April 2007
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The Manueline styled Sala dos Cisnes in he palace has swans painted on the ceiling. The swan is a symbol of Philip the Good of Burgundy.
Palace of Sintra, Outside Lisbon; April 2017
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The Tower of Belem and the Monument to the Discoveries are on the banks of the River Tagus, where Portuguese ships set sail from during the European Age of Discoveries.
Lisbon 2017
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A closer look at the some of the figures (explorers, cartographers, scientists, missionaries and kings) on the Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon; April 2007
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The tomb of Vasco da Gama, famous Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea, is to the left of the nave and was done by the sculptor Costa Mota in the 19th century.
Lisbon; April 2017
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