Padrão dos Descobrimentos by Tony Via Flickr: Day 11, Country 2; Port 40 ; Lisbon, Portugal: CMV World Cruise Just up river from the Belém Tower is the monument Padrão dos Descobrimentos, where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. Exactly what we needed as adventurers of the high seas.



















