Monument to the Discoveries

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf monument
gptkbp:architect Alberto_Pessoa
gptkbp:completed 1960
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:National_Monument_of_Portugal
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Portuguese_explorers
gptkbp:design Art Deco
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Portuguese_government
gptkbp:features statues of historical figures
gptkbp:height 52 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Monument to the Discoveries
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Portuguese_Manueline_architecture
gptkbp:inscription To the Discoverers of the Sea
gptkbp:landmark Yes
gptkbp:launchDate March 1960
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lisbon,_Portugal
gptkbp:material concrete
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Lopo_Gonçalves
gptkb:Diogo_Mendes_de_Vasconcelos
gptkb:Ferdinand_Magellan
gptkb:Gaspar_Corte-Real
gptkb:Martim_Afonso_de_Sousa
gptkb:Francisco_de_Almeida
gptkb:Afonso_de_Albuquerque
gptkb:António_de_Albuquerque
gptkb:Pedro_Álvares_Cabral
gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama
gptkb:Diogo_Cão
gptkb:Duarte_Pacheco_Pereira
gptkb:Tristão_da_Cunha
gptkb:António_de_Saldanha
gptkb:João_de_Barros
gptkb:António_de_Sousa_de_Macedo
gptkb:Diogo_de_Teive
gptkb:André_Gonçalves
gptkb:Henry_the_Navigator
gptkb:Nuno_Gonçalves
gptkb:André_de_Albuquerque
gptkb:João_Gonçalves_Zarco
gptkb:João_de_Castro
Bartolomeu Dias
Afonso de Paiva
Martim_de_Freitas
gptkbp:opened April 1960
gptkbp:significance Celebration of the Age of Discoveries
gptkbp:style Modernist
gptkbp:surroundingArea gptkb:Jardim_do_Tabaco
Belem
gptkbp:symbolizes Exploration and maritime history
gptkbp:touristAttraction Yes
gptkbp:viewpoint gptkb:Tagus_River
gptkbp:visitorsPerYear Approximately 1 million