Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

The tombs of Vasco de Gama and Luiz Vaz de Camóens.
Vasco de Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498, opening the sea route
to India and opening up the seaward spice trade, marking the great beginning of the
Portuguese empire. Camóens is the author of Portuguese national epic,
The Lusiads, published in 1572.