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    The Vasco da Gama Tower (Portuguese: Torre Vasco da Gama, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]) is a 160-metre (520 ft) lattice tower with skyscraper in...
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    D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (/ˌvæsku ˈɡɑːmə, - ˈɡæmə/ VAS-koo GA(H)M-ə; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December...
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    The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações...
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    Vasco da Gama (/ˌvæskoʊ ˈɡæmə/), often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese...
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    Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by...
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  • Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524) was a Portuguese explorer. Vasco da Gama may also refer to: Vasco da Gama, Goa, India Vasco da Gama railway station Vasco...
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    include the Pavilhão Atlântico (now known as Altice Arena), the iconic Vasco da Gama Tower (the country's tallest building), the Lisbon Oceanarium (one of the...
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    Pena Palace (redirect from Palácio da Pena)
    The Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera...
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    Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese:...
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    tallest building in Portugal has been the 145-metre (476 ft) Torre Vasco da Gama in Lisbon. The list only contains buildings at least 80 metres (260 ft)...
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    concession for a railway crossing between Lisbon and Montijo (where the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the second bridge serving Lisbon, was later built in 1998)....
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    Antoine-Sébastien Durand, Charles Spire, Jean Deforges, François-Thomas Germain. Vasco Maria Eugénio de Almeida acquired part of the Parque de Santa Gertrudes...
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    of Vasco da Gama's first journey, and its construction funded by a tax on the profits of the yearly Portuguese India Armadas. In 1880, da Gama's remains...
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    west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. In 1498 Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach India by sea, bringing economic prosperity...
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    Castilians and an angry crowd threw him out of the window of the northern tower Earthquakes have always been a problem for Lisbon and its cathedral. There...
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    after the Sail building in Haifa. List of skyscrapers in Israel Vasco da Gama Tower, skyscraper of similar appearance in Lisbon, Portugal (sail) JW Marriott...
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    Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2020. "Infinity Tower: muitos dos 195 apartamentos serão vendidos antes da torre estar construída". idealista.pt/news. Retrieved...
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    Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal on the right, and Vasco da Gama and Viriatus on the left. The two recumbent figures represent the rivers...
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    the tallest tower in the world. Tokyo Skytree Canton Tower CN Tower Ostankino Tower ↑ Oriental Pearl Tower Milad Tower Kuala Lumpur Tower Tianjin Radio...
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    City) – similar structure Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth – similar structure in Portsmouth, UK Vasco da Gama Tower – a skyscraper of similar appearance...
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    the parish of Pragal, which was merged with the parishes of Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas in 2013, into the municipality of Almada. It is...
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    International Vasco da Gama Tower - similar structure in Lisbon, Portugal Blue Sky Tower - a similar-shaped skyscraper in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Sail Tower - a similar-shaped...
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    in Scotland Vasco da Gama Tower – similar structure in Lisbon, Portugal Sail Tower – similar structure in Haifa, Israel "Spinnaker Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper...
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  • Mega Ferreira and Vasco Graça Moura, who were in charge of organizing the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's arrival in India in...
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    monastery at the entrance of the Tagus. It was after the arrival of Vasco da Gama a year later with samples of gold he had discovered that the monastery...
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    includes statues representing important Portuguese figures such as Vasco da Gama and the Marquis of Pombal. The square was named Praça do Comércio, the...
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    back to Portugal from Kilwa (East Africa) in 1504-05 by the admiral Vasco da Gama. Portuguese monstrance; 16th century. Portuguese plate; 19th century...
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    41°23′17″N 8°46′02″W / 41.38806°N 8.76725°W / 41.38806; -8.76725 Avenida Vasco da Gama is a street in the north central area of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal....
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    remaining vertical (conventional) one. Others, including Elevador da Glória and Elevador da Bica, are actually funicular railways, and the other lift constructed...
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    Pedro Álvares Cabral, Afonso de Albuquerque, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator and Aristides de Sousa Mendes. José Fernandes Pereira...
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