MONUMENTO
AOS
DESCOBRIMENTOS PORTUGUESES OFERTADO AO POVO DE CASCAIS PELA
ALA ACADEMIA DE LETRAS E ARTES INAUGURADO FOR SUA EXCELENCIA O SUBSECRETARIO DE ESTADO DA CULTURA PROFESSOR DOUTOR ANTONIO DE SOUSA LARA COM A PRESENCA DE PRESIDENTE DA CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE CASCAIS DOUTOR GEORGES ALPHONSE SILVEIRA DARGENT VICE PRESIDENTE DA ACADEMIA DE LETRAS E ARTES COMENDADOR JOAQUIM ANTONIO PEREIRA BARAONA REPRESENTANTES DE PAISES DE

LINGUA E CULTURA PORTUGUESAS ENTIDADES OFICIAIS RELIGIOSAS CIVIS E MILITARES E DO MUI BOM POVO DE CASCAIS

AOS 22 DIAS DE FEVEREIRO DE 1992

The statue, designed to commemorate the Portuguese discoveries, was made by João de Sousa Araújo, and was placed in 1992.
This is a bronze statue of a woman whose very long hair resembles the ropes of a ship.

The statue was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
MONUMENT TO THE
PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF CASCAIS BY
ALA ACADEMIA DE SOUSA DE SOUSA LARA INAUGURATED FOR HIS EXCELLENCE THE STATE SECRETARY OF CULTURE PROFESSOR DOCTOR ANTONIO DE SOUSA LARA WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CITY HALL OF CASCAIS DR. REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTRIES OF

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OFFICIAL CIVIL AND MILITARY RELIGIOUS ENTITIES AND THE VERY GOOD PEOPLE OF CASCAIS

ON THE 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY 1992