The miniature of the "Padrao dos Descobrimentos". Resin made miniature with excellent detail. With a wooden base of 8x5,5 cm this resin model is one of our best sellers. A bit of history from this magnificent landmark:

Padrão dos Descobrimentos (the Monument to the Discoveries) is a monument that celebrates the Portuguese who took part in the Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration, of the 15th and 16th centuries. It is located on the estuary of the Tagus river in the Belém parish of Lisbon, Portugal, where ships departed to their often unknown destinations.

The monument consists of a 52 metre-high slab of concrete, carved into the shape of the prow of a ship. The side that faces away from the river features a carved sword stretching the full height of the monument. It was conceived by Portuguese artists, architect Cottinelli Telmo and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida as a temporary beacon of the Portuguese World Fair in 1940. The Monument to the Discoveries represents a romantic idealisation of the Portuguese past that was typical during Salazar's Estado Novo regime.

The landmark represents also some of the most important and influent characters from the Portuguese Age of Discoveries