Steemfest Blog #7 - Day 3 - part 3 - Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Continued from HERE.

Appetite suppressed, @lenadr, her sister and I decided to take a walk and explore a little more of Lisbon, so we headed for the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries).

Along the way we saw beautiful architecture in the process of renovation. This is the Jerónimos Monastery.

...and fancier cobbled pavements.

@lenadr and her sister in front of a fountain, the Monument Of The Discoveries in the background. It was at this point that @lenadr brought up a challenge set by @swelker101 during the Shane and Muxxy Show: as Lena is into fitness and weight lifting, Shane challenged Lena to lift me. Seeing somewhere suitable for me to climb on, she succeeded.

Never having ridden anybody's shoulders since I was a child, it wasn't long until I lost my balance. Luckily, I grabbed the wall before I managed to do any damage to myself or Lena.

Tuk tuks were all over the city, used by tourists to get around. This one caught my eye. In the background you can see the Cultural Centre of Belém, where Steemfest was held on day 1.

The Padrão dos Descobrimentos was built between November 1958 and January 1960 to celebrate the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The square in front of the monument is made up of a 50 meter diameter compass, the center of which depicts a map of the world and Portuguese exploration. This was donated by the South African government.

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The statue to the far right depicts Henry the Navigator. The other 32 are historical figures from Portugal's age of discoveries. The late afternoon sun cast a warm glow on the exquisitely carved statues.

In the background you can see the 25 de Abril Bridge straddling the Targus river, with the Cristo Rei statue atop the far bank.

To be continued...

All photos, apart from the sourced one, were taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

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