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Monument of 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.

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1960

Belém, Belém, Portugal

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Monument of the Discoveries in Belém, Portugal

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Cottinelli Telmo

1897-1948 · Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

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José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo (1897–1948) was a Portuguese architect, filmmaker, poet, artist, and musician. He believed that architecture was not based on a single discipline, but on the unification of various artistic disciplines. He was initially an adherent of modernism in architecture but later followed the neocla…

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studio · Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

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