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GPS 38.69441793350437, -9.205496923278952

The Padrão dos Descobrimentos (or Monument to the Discoveries; or Monument to the Navigators) is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and District of Lisbon, in Portugal. The architectural design was by Cottinelli Telmo and the sculptures by Leopoldo de Almeida.

In a prominent position on the right bank of the Tagus River, the original monument, in perishable materials, was erected in 1940 on the occasion of the Portuguese World Exhibition to honor the historical figures involved in the Portuguese Discoveries. The current replica, in concrete and stone, is later, having been inaugurated in 1960.

The monument was initially thought of by Cottinelli Telmo as a tribute to Infante D. Henrique, following several projects and competitions for Sagres, carried out over the years without any being built. On the occasion of the Exhibition of the Portuguese World, 1940 – for which Cottinelli Telmo was chief architect –, it became the Padrão dos Descobrimentos, celebrating not only the Infante but also his collaborators and followers. Conceived by Cottinelli Telmo and the sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida (author of the statuary) for this great exhibition, the initial monument was created in the short space of eight months. Made of perishable materials, it was dismantled in 1958 and rebuilt in the immediate years, in concrete and lias stone, by decision of Salazar who, on the occasion of the 5th centenary of the Infante, contradicted the result of yet another Henrican competition for Sagres (won in 1955 for a remarkable project by a team formed by João Andresen, Barata Feyo and Júlio Resende). The Monument to the Discoveries would be built in its original location, in Belém, with a budget lower than that of this competition.

Considered an emblematic piece of the Portuguese World Exhibition, "the cry of the exhibition and a synthesis of our glorious past" (script at the time), the Padrão dos Descobrimentos was widely praised (Fernando de Pamplona, ​​West, 1941; Costa Lima, Brotéria; etc.), even by dissonant voices such as Adriano de Gusmão (O Diabo, 16-11-1940), who already on that occasion wished, like others, to see him "forever transposed to marble or granite". Erected definitively something out of time, aesthetically out of step with the evolution of the arts in the twenty years since, the current monument was inaugurated in 1960, in the context of the celebrations of the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Infante D. Henrique.

In 1985, the interior was remodeled, providing Padrão with a viewpoint, auditorium and exhibition rooms. Padrão was then inaugurated as the Discoveries Cultural Center.

Currently, it presents a regular program of temporary exhibitions and promotes debate around the colonial themes it invokes.

Characteristics

The monument is inspired by the ancient Portuguese Standards, stone landmarks installed in the discovery, while at the same time reminiscent of the shape of a stylized caravel, with three large sails that extend into a central, vertical block, decorated on both sides with low- reliefs representing the flag of D. João I. Above the entrance, the sword of the Royal House of Avis. D. Henrique, the Navigator, stands at the bow, with a caravel in his right hand and a map in his left. In two descending rows, on each side of the monument, are the statues of notable Portuguese linked to the discoveries, including navigators, warriors, monks, scientists, men of culture (Nuno Gonçalves with a palette; Camões holding Os Lusíadas). The inspiration for the figures is rooted in the historical polyptych of Nuno Gonçalves and in the «austere classicism» proposed by Francisco Franco in his Monumento a Gonçalves Zarco (Funchal; 1927), which Leopoldo de Almeida did not deviate from, fulfilling and consolidating the academic principles the official statuary of the Estado Novo, the «golden age of Portuguese sculpture» according to António Ferro (1949).

On the floor of the space in front of the monument to the north, there is a representation of a compass rose measuring 50 meters in diameter, designed in the atelier of architect Luís Cristino da Silva and offered by South Africa in 1960. In the center is a 14m planisphere wide, decorated with plant elements, wind roses, buffoons, a mermaid, a fantastic fish and Neptune with a trident and trumpet mounted on a marine being. "Dates, ships and caravels mark the main routes of Portuguese expansion, between the 15th and 16th centuries".

• Afonso V of Portugal (King of Portugal)

• Vasco da Gama (discoverer of the sea route to India)

• Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (navigator)

• Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil)

• Ferdinand Magellan (first to circumnavigate the globe)

• Nicolau Coelho (navigator)

• Gaspar Corte Real (browser)

• Martim Afonso de Sousa (navigator)

• João de Barros (chronicler)

• Estevão da Gama (captain)

• Bartolomeu Dias (discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope)

• Diogo Cão (first to reach the Congo River)

• António de Abreu (navigator)

• Afonso de Albuquerque (second viceroy of India)

• Saint Francis Xavier (missionary saint)Christopher da Gama (captain)

• Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (son of King João I of Portugal)

• Filipa de Lencastre (queen of Portugal, mother of Infante D. Henrique)

• Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer)

• Gonçalo de Carvalho (Dominican missionary)

• Henrique de Coimbra (Franciscan missionary)

• Luís de Camões (the poet author of Os Lusíadas)

• Nuno Gonçalves (painter)

• Gomes Eanes de Zurara (chronicler)

• Pêro da Covilhã (traveler)

• Jácome de Mallorca (cartographer)

• Pero Escobar (pilot)Pedro Nunes (mathematician)

• Pêro de Alenquer (pilot)Gil Eanes (navigator)

• João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)

• Fernando, the Holy Infant (blessed, son of King João I of Portugal)

Full list of Geochaching below:

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GPS 38.69441793350437, -9.205496923278952

The Padrão dos Descobrimentos (or Monument to the Discoveries; or Monument to the Navigators) is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and District of Lisbon, in Portugal. The architectural design was by Cottinelli Telmo and the sculptures by Leopoldo de Almeida.

In a prominent position on the right bank of the Tagus River, the original monument, in perishable materials, was erected in 1940 on the occasion of the Portuguese World Exhibition to honor the historical figures involved in the Portuguese Discoveries. The current replica, in concrete and stone, is later, having been inaugurated in 1960.

The monument was initially thought of by Cottinelli Telmo as a tribute to Infante D. Henrique, following several projects and competitions for Sagres, carried out over the years without any being built. On the occasion of the Exhibition of the Portuguese World, 1940 – for which Cottinelli Telmo was chief architect –, it became the Padrão dos Descobrimentos, celebrating not only the Infante but also his collaborators and followers. Conceived by Cottinelli Telmo and the sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida (author of the statuary) for this great exhibition, the initial monument was created in the short space of eight months. Made of perishable materials, it was dismantled in 1958 and rebuilt in the immediate years, in concrete and lias stone, by decision of Salazar who, on the occasion of the 5th centenary of the Infante, contradicted the result of yet another Henrican competition for Sagres (won in 1955 for a remarkable project by a team formed by João Andresen, Barata Feyo and Júlio Resende). The Monument to the Discoveries would be built in its original location, in Belém, with a budget lower than that of this competition.

Considered an emblematic piece of the Portuguese World Exhibition, "the cry of the exhibition and a synthesis of our glorious past" (script at the time), the Padrão dos Descobrimentos was widely praised (Fernando de Pamplona, ​​West, 1941; Costa Lima, Brotéria; etc.), even by dissonant voices such as Adriano de Gusmão (O Diabo, 16-11-1940), who already on that occasion wished, like others, to see him "forever transposed to marble or granite". Erected definitively something out of time, aesthetically out of step with the evolution of the arts in the twenty years since, the current monument was inaugurated in 1960, in the context of the celebrations of the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Infante D. Henrique.

In 1985, the interior was remodeled, providing Padrão with a viewpoint, auditorium and exhibition rooms. Padrão was then inaugurated as the Discoveries Cultural Center.

Currently, it presents a regular program of temporary exhibitions and promotes debate around the colonial themes it invokes.

Characteristics

The monument is inspired by the ancient Portuguese Standards, stone landmarks installed in the discovery, while at the same time reminiscent of the shape of a stylized caravel, with three large sails that extend into a central, vertical block, decorated on both sides with low- reliefs representing the flag of D. João I. Above the entrance, the sword of the Royal House of Avis. D. Henrique, the Navigator, stands at the bow, with a caravel in his right hand and a map in his left. In two descending rows, on each side of the monument, are the statues of notable Portuguese linked to the discoveries, including navigators, warriors, monks, scientists, men of culture (Nuno Gonçalves with a palette; Camões holding Os Lusíadas). The inspiration for the figures is rooted in the historical polyptych of Nuno Gonçalves and in the «austere classicism» proposed by Francisco Franco in his Monumento a Gonçalves Zarco (Funchal; 1927), which Leopoldo de Almeida did not deviate from, fulfilling and consolidating the academic principles the official statuary of the Estado Novo, the «golden age of Portuguese sculpture» according to António Ferro (1949).

On the floor of the space in front of the monument to the north, there is a representation of a compass rose measuring 50 meters in diameter, designed in the atelier of architect Luís Cristino da Silva and offered by South Africa in 1960. In the center is a 14m planisphere wide, decorated with plant elements, wind roses, buffoons, a mermaid, a fantastic fish and Neptune with a trident and trumpet mounted on a marine being. "Dates, ships and caravels mark the main routes of Portuguese expansion, between the 15th and 16th centuries".

• Afonso V of Portugal (King of Portugal)

• Vasco da Gama (discoverer of the sea route to India)

• Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (navigator)

• Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil)

• Ferdinand Magellan (first to circumnavigate the globe)

• Nicolau Coelho (navigator)

• Gaspar Corte Real (browser)

• Martim Afonso de Sousa (navigator)

• João de Barros (chronicler)

• Estevão da Gama (captain)

• Bartolomeu Dias (discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope)

• Diogo Cão (first to reach the Congo River)

• António de Abreu (navigator)

• Afonso de Albuquerque (second viceroy of India)

• Saint Francis Xavier (missionary saint)Christopher da Gama (captain)

• Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (son of King João I of Portugal)

• Filipa de Lencastre (queen of Portugal, mother of Infante D. Henrique)

• Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer)

• Gonçalo de Carvalho (Dominican missionary)

• Henrique de Coimbra (Franciscan missionary)

• Luís de Camões (the poet author of Os Lusíadas)

• Nuno Gonçalves (painter)

• Gomes Eanes de Zurara (chronicler)

• Pêro da Covilhã (traveler)

• Jácome de Mallorca (cartographer)

• Pero Escobar (pilot)Pedro Nunes (mathematician)

• Pêro de Alenquer (pilot)Gil Eanes (navigator)

• João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)

• Fernando, the Holy Infant (blessed, son of King João I of Portugal)

Full list of Geochaching below:

https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc

*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅
Curator Body
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