Flickr21Challenge: Exploration
#Flickr21Challenge #Exploration
Celebrating Flickr's 21st birthday - day 9's theme is Exploration.
"Monument to the Discoveries" (Portuguese: "Padrão dos Descobrimentos")
The monument is located along the Tagus River where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient. It celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. The top three figures are Prince Henry the Navigator (with a model ship in his hands), Ferdinand the Saint (kneeling) and João Goncalvez Zarco (captain of the ship that first sailed to Madeira in 1419).
The monument was conceived in 1939 by Portuguese architect José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo, and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida, as a temporary beacon during the Portuguese World Fair opening in 1940. 1958-1960, a new monument was constructed in cement and rose-tinted stone. Although the project was based on Cottinelli Telmo's plan, he was replaced after his death by António Pardal Monteiro as primary architect.
Flickr21Challenge: Exploration
#Flickr21Challenge #Exploration
Celebrating Flickr's 21st birthday - day 9's theme is Exploration.
"Monument to the Discoveries" (Portuguese: "Padrão dos Descobrimentos")
The monument is located along the Tagus River where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient. It celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. The top three figures are Prince Henry the Navigator (with a model ship in his hands), Ferdinand the Saint (kneeling) and João Goncalvez Zarco (captain of the ship that first sailed to Madeira in 1419).
The monument was conceived in 1939 by Portuguese architect José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo, and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida, as a temporary beacon during the Portuguese World Fair opening in 1940. 1958-1960, a new monument was constructed in cement and rose-tinted stone. Although the project was based on Cottinelli Telmo's plan, he was replaced after his death by António Pardal Monteiro as primary architect.