Monument to Pedro Álvares Cabral (Lisbon)

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Monument to Pedro Álvares Cabral in Lisbon

The monument to Pedro Álvares Cabral is a memorial to the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral in the municipality of Campo de Ourique in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon . It was ceremoniously unveiled in 1941 with military honors.

The sculptor Rodolfo Bernardelli had created a monument of the same design in Rio de Janeiro in 1940 . The copy was a gift from the Brazilian government to Portugal.

Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′ 56.9 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 30.9 ″  W.