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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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own account Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Wikipedia)
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Source Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, located there.
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1. Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
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.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Monument)
building_type = Monument
- Uses Element: Steel, Infobox material field: Steel
In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Portugal
View the Source 2. Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1960)
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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