Vasco da Gama Tower
Parque das Nações, Avenida Dom João II, Lisbon 1900-014
Phone: +351 218 919 333 - Fax: +351 218 919 003
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Built for the Expo 98 World Fair, the Vasco da Gama Tower was 145 metres tall with an observation platform at the 120 metre level; it commemorated the 500th anniversary of the explorer’s voyage to India. The steel structure represents the sail of a caravel and was the design of Leonor Janeiro, Nicholas Jacobs and the US firm SOM. During Expo, the base was a three storey European Union Pavilion. The tower is at present under redevelopment as a 20 storey hotel, the ‘Sana Torre Vasco da Gama Royal Hotel’, work started in October 2007 after demolition of the base building.
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