Monthly Archives: July 2007

Padrao dos Descobrimentos – View from the Top

Posted on July 31, 2007 | Leave a comment

Here’s a video I found on You Tube showing the view from the top of the Discoveries Monument.

 

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NY Times Features Portuguese Director Pedro Costa

Posted on July 30, 2007 | Leave a comment

Whilst being slated at Cannes Film Festival last year, Costa’s film ‘Colossal Youth’ is gathering praise. An exploration of the man and his movies.

Read the full article – Source The New York Times 

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The Discoveries Monument – Padrao dos Descobrimentos

Posted on July 30, 2007 | 2 Comments
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The Discoveries Monument was built as a celebration of the Portuguese seafaring history. The names of great explorers still reverberate around Portugal and their courage to brave uncharted waters and sail to unknown destinations are an inspiration. It was these who took Portugal from being a small country to one that discovered and colonised many lands.Originally conceived and built in the 1940′s by architect Cottinelli Telmo and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida, the monument was rebuilt in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator. Prince Henry was the son of King John 1st of Portugal and it is his image that is captured at the head of the monumnet carrying a 3-sailed ship like those Portugal used of old.

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