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Monument to the Discoveries (Padrão dos Descobrimentos) —In 1960, the city
honored the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator by rebuilding
this giant riverside monument, which had originally been constructed for the 1940 World
Expo (see photo on here ; reached from the monastery via a pedestrian tunnel under the
busy boulevard). The elevator inside takes you up to a tingly view.
Cost and Hours: €3; May-Sept daily 10:00-19:00; Oct-April Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00,
closed Mon; last entry 30 minutes before closing, tel. 213-031-950.
Visiting the Monument: Walk around the huge monument. The 170-foot concrete
structure shows that exploring the world was a team effort. The men who braved the un-
known stand on the pointed, raised prow of a caravel, about to be launched into the Rio
Tejo.
 
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