Enjoy a cool respite in the Vasco da Gama Garden
Located along Avenida Sidonio Pais
The Vasco da Gama Garden and the Vitoria Garden were both created at the end of the 19th century. Both gardens were designed by Augusto Cesar d’Abrue Nune.
Fronting the Royal Hotel, the gardens used to be part of Avenida Vasco da Gama, a long avenue built in 1898 but demolished in 1935. The avenue was built to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the fleet of Vasco da Gama to India.
The garden occupies 0.43 hectares including a small children’s playground built in 1980. Finally, the garden was modified in 2005 while building a carpark in time for the East Asian Games in 2005.
A bust of the Vasco da Gama made by Tomas da Costa in 1911 is placed on a pedestal in the middle of the park.
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
QUOTES
“I am not the man I once was. I do not want to go back in time, to be the second son, the second man.”
—Vasco da Gama
Who Was Vasco Da Gama
Explorer Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.
The garden is surrounded by a hotel, a police headquarter, schools and the gymnasium.
There are good Thai restaurants nearby.
One of the many restaurants in the area.
The classic Portuguese facade of the European Studies Institute.
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