Lisboa Region, PortugalMonumento Cristo Rei is located on top of a hill about 110 meters high on the south bank of the river Tejo and can be seen from afar. Likeness of Jesus Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro is not accidental.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalVasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon is a marvel of modern technology and a city sightseeing.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalBuilt in 1515 as a fortress with defensive role in the port of entry Lisbon, Belem Tower was the starting point of many expeditions, seafaring was the last thing that I saw the mother country to return land at sea .
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Lisboa Region, PortugalCastle can be seen from almost any point and is one of Lisbon's major attractions. Its oldest parts date back to the late sixth century when it was fortified by the Romans, Visigoths, and eventually the Moors.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalLisbon Jeronimo Monastery is listed on UNESCO World Heritage list and is the resting place of Vasco da Gama. Jeronimo Monastery is the most impressive symbol of Portugal's power and wealth in the great geographical discoveries.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalAcross the street from the Monastery of Jeronimo, Discoveries Monument is located. It was built on the north bank of the River Tagus in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalBairro Alto is a characteristic center of Lisbon. During the day it offers popular life scenarios, while in the streets, the streets of the neighborhood gather a large number of people ending the days of the Portuguese in joy. It is especially famous for tascas, a sort of family osterie studio.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalJerónimos Monastery
Near the place where infant D. Henrique, in the middle of the century. XV, built a church to invoke St. Mary of Bethlehem, King Manuel I wanted to build a great monastery. In order to perpetuate Prince's memory, for his great devotion to the Mother of God and faith in St. Jerome, King Manuel I decided to find the Monastery in 1496. Maria de Belem, near the city of Lisbon, near the Tajo River. Donated to the monks of the Order of St. Jerome, is now commonly known as the Jeronimos Monastery.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalAjuda Palace in Lisbon is an exuberant extravaganza. Though construction of this palace was not completed as planned due to exile the royal family in Brazil, caused by the invasion of Napoleon's armies, is still one of the most beautiful romantic buildings in Europe.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalLisbon Oceanarium is one of the largest in the world aquariumuri. Designed by American architect Peter Chermeyeff, Oceanarium has been built right on the river Tejo and to reach it has crossed a pedestrian bridge.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalTo the north east of Park Eduardo VII is located Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, one of the most important museums around the world and one of the priceless treasures of Europe. Part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the museum hosts a collection of Egyptian art, Greek, Romanian, Islamic, Asian and European.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalCabo da Roca is a promontory located 140 meters above sea level, on the Portuguese coast in the Colares fraction of the city of Sintra, in the Lisbon district.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalFrom the Oceanarium, a lift takes tourists to this very futuristic building. Vasco da Gama Tower is named after one of the greatest explorers of Portugal and was inaugurated in 1998 at the 500th anniversary of his trip to India.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalThe Moorish castle allows to admire the rocky paths between rocks and cliffs, a unique landscape that extends to the Atlantic Ocean. Overlooking Serra de Sintra, with irregular configuration, it is made up of a fortification built around the tenth century after the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and expanded after the Christian re-Christianization.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalLa Praça do Comércio (Trade Square) is located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, by the Tagus River. The square is still known as Terreiro do Paço (Piazza del Palazzo), because the Royal Palace Ribeira was here until it was destroyed by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. After the earthquake, the market was completely remodeled as part of the reconstruction of Baixa de at the first marchiz of Pombal.
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Lisboa Region, PortugalThe Convent of Christ (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo/Mosteiro de Cristo) is a former Roman Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal. Originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold, when the order was dissolved in the 14th century the Portuguese branch was turned into the Knights of the Order of Christ, that later supported Portugal's maritime discoveries of the 15th century. The convent and castle complex is a historic and cultural monument and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.
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