<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos" class="extiw" title="en:Padrão dos Descobrimentos">Monument to the Discoveries</a> is a monument that celebrates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese" class="extiw" title="en:Portuguese">Portuguese</a> who took part in the Age of Discovery of the 15th and 16th centuries. It is located on the estuary of the Tagus river in the Belém parish of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon" class="extiw" title="en:Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" class="extiw" title="en:Portugal">Portugal</a>, where ships departed to their often unknown destinations.
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