IN LOVE WITH LISBON

The Discoveries Monument was built as a celebration of the Portuguese seafaring history. The names of great explorers still reverberate around Portugal and their courage to brave uncharted waters and sail to unknown destinations are an inspiration. It was these who took Portugal from being a small country to one that discovered and colonised many lands.Originally conceived and built in the 1940’s by architect Cottinelli Telmo and sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida, the monument was rebuilt in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator. Prince Henry was the son of King John 1st of Portugal and it is his image that is captured at the head of the monumnet carrying a 3-sailed ship like those Portugal used of old.

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Just a quick post to let you know I have decided to change the weekly news roundup category to ‘Interesting Articles Found on the Web’. This is a more accurate representation of items I have found which I think you might be interested in and also gives me the freedom to cross categorise which I think will be more helpful to you my readers.

I had already finished this weeks ‘news round-up’ so I decided to post it anyway but from now on I will post entries in this category as and when I see them rather than specifically on a Sunday as I have been doing. This also keeps the content fresh and up-to-date. I realised using the word ‘news’ and then blogging about something that’s happened almost a week ago was somehow just not right!