DW Treasures Of The World - Belem - Monuments Of Former Colonial Power Portugal December 1, 2017
Vincent the patron saint of lisbon he drew crowds wherever he went in this historical painting by the fifteenth century. We see him praying with a congregation in a small chapel on the banks of the river tigris. Henry the navigator built the choco to enable lisbon seafarers to spend a night in prayer before setting off across the vast unknown oceans to discover and conquer the world for portugal. In the early sixteenth century the mouth of the tangos was the gateway to the world portugal was at the peak of its power its navigators returned to lisbon from far off lands. Vasco da gama who met th...