Prince Enrique died in 1460, to commemorate him with a Portuguese flag on a green that pay tribute to him. We can not say there is no prince Enrique Portuguese Empire of Gold, in 1960 500 years after his death, in Lisbon, Portugal since the construction of the monument, in order to commemorate the contribution made by the prince Enrique of Portugal.

Its scientific name is the Portuguese Premier League Monuments (Padrao dos Descobrimentos), the whole monument is the shape of a sail, sailing heroes monument carved many times, which is the natural leader of the prince Enrique, and Vasco da Gama ( Vasco da Gama), Pedro Cabral (Pedro Alvares Cabral), Magellan (Fenao Magalhaes) and the like. It is also commonly known as a "Monument to the Great Voyage" or "Great Monument to the Discoveries."

Monument is located in the Belem district Tejo River.


Drawing on the ground before the monument with a complete map of the world, indicating the arrival time of Portugal's maritime various parts of the world.

Along the Tejo river built a wide sidewalk, looking back Looking Monument and four hundred twenty-five Bridge, the Portuguese seem to see those heroes who sail in. Imagine the year under extremely difficult environmental conditions, numerous navigator after another, brought back a powerful Portuguese empire.