The Padrao dos Descobrimentos, known in English as the Monument of the Discoveries, stands on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belem, Lisbon. It marks the point along the river from which ships departed to explore and trade with India and the East, and it commemorates the Portuguese Age of Discovery of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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The Monument of the Discoveries (Portuguese: Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈðɾɐ̃w duʒ ðɨʃkuβɾiˈmẽtuʃ]) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon.
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Wikidata item Q1133712, property P571: 1960
Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 52.0
Wikidata item Q1133712, property P2048 (height): 52.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Belém, Portugal
Wikidata item Q1133712, property P131/P17 (location): Belém, Portugal
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