It served as a departure point for explorers ... Portuguese figures throughout history, including other navigators, artists and King Manuel. Inside, visitors can climb to the top of the monument ...

(JTA) — Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, will be recognized with a monument at a site in Lisbon that recognizes the country’s ...

Not far away stands Lisbon ... its explorers and navigators, examining its colonial past is divisive. And Portugal has traditionally prided itself on being colour-blind. "We want this monument ...