Vasco da Gama Statue - (Photo Op)
history, park, photoop, Lisbon, Belem, free, Lisboa
Vasco da Gama, one of Portugal’s most famous explorers, is memorialized in a beautiful statue located in the center of the appropriately named Vasco da Gama gardens. The gardens and statue are located in Belem in front of Monasterio Jeronimos next to Jardim da Praca do Imperio (see separate entry). Vasco da Gama led an expedition that left Lisbon in 1497 and established the first trade route to India around the Cape of Good Hope. It is largely because of this trade route that allowed Portugal to become one of the dominant trading nations for several hundred years.
Category: Y Yodio Experiences
Located in Parque Vasco da Gama, Lisbon
Tracks:
- Yodio Track 1