The western edge of Lisbon is a neighborhood called Belem and it has some of the best sights to visit in the city. Our first stop (after Portugese pastries for breakfast snacks!) was the Jeronimos Monastary.
Me in the chapel of the Monastary...
The Monument to the Discoveries sits just along the River. Portugal boasts a wealth of famous explorers including Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Prince Henry the Navigator and Batholomeu Dias. Many of them started their journeys from Lisbon. All the famous figures have a statue on the monument and they face west out into the Atlantic Ocean.
Just adjacent to the Monument is this section of pavement that shows a map of the world and notes the famous explorers and where they went. It was just recently featured on an episode of the Amazing Race!
No comments:
Post a Comment