Monument to the Discoveries
In Monumento dos Descobrimentos, a permanent memorial to the Portuguese Age of Discovery, once stood along the northern bank of the Tagus estuary—on the river’s historic departure route toward India and the “Orient.” The idea began in 1939, when architect José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida conceived a temporary beacon for the Portuguese World Exhibition that opened in June 1940. That first structure was demolished by June 1943, after the exposition ended. A new, lasting monument was then officially driven by decree No. 41-517, dated 3 February 1958, involving the Ministry of Public Works, the Overseas Provinces, and the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Between November 1958 and January 1960, the monument was constructed in cement with rose-tinted stone from Leiria, with statues carved from limestone excavated near Sintra. …
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