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With a Lisboa card, a wonderful starting point of your trip can be at the Story Center . It tells you the stories and memories of Lisbon. At Comercio Square(Praça do Comércio), you can see the statue of Jose I Don't miss Lisboa Story Centre to find more about Lisbon. The Story Center is at the Comercio Square , Praça do Comércio. It's also called Terreiro do Paço, meaning Palace yard. Sounds familiar? The metro stop right next to the Story Center is named after it. Without the earthquake which destroyed most of Lisbon, the city would have Ribeira Palace at the Comercio Square with a royal library full of precious books and records of the glorious Portuguese past. pictures featuring Ribeira Palace from Pimenta Museum The Palace was made by Manuel I. So if it were here now, people would line up to see Ribeira Palace as they do at Jerominos Monasetry . With all the gold coming from Brazil, the royal family collected priceless artworks from a...

Were there any metro station nearby, Belem district is the place I would visit everyday. At first I wasn't crazy about it, to be honest. However, the more passionate I got about Portuguese history, the more exciting and even mesmerizing I found it. Among all the must-sees in the Belem district, one of my favorites is the Monument to the Discoveries( Monumento aos Descobrimentos ). To commemorate Henry the Navigator, it was reconstructed after 500 years of his death. The first on the monument is Henry the Navigator.  From the left, there are Henry on top, King Alfonso V and then Vasco Da Gama. Since they stand side by side majestically, some may think they belong to the same period. Not true. King Alfonso V, nephew of Henry, was succeeded by João II , then followed by Manuel I. Vasco Da Gama served Manuel I and the next king João III . Vasco Da Gama, the famous navigator António Manuel da Fonseca - Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis in Beeld (1...