There is a pleasant waterfront along the Tagus river, in the Belem district 6km to the west of central Lisbon. The Padrao dos Descobrimentos is a 52m high monument erected in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator. In this area there are also some museums and a small harbour.

01 Gulbenkian planetarium
02 Modern art museum
03 Padrao dos Descobrimentos monument
04 Padrao dos Descobrimentos monument
05 Padrao dos Descobrimentos monument
06 Padrao dos Descobrimentos monument and Henry the navigator statue
07 Padrao dos Descobrimentos monument
08 Fishing rods along waterfront
09 Harbour
10 Ponte 25 de Abril bridge
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