![]() ![]() The fountain was designed by Cottinelli Telmo and built in 1940 for the Portuguese World Exhibition. ![]() The coat of arms is placed in a magestic fountain in Belem (Fonte Luminosa)in front of Jerónimos Monastery together with 49 other coat of arms of important personalities from the time of Portuguese Discoveries. Vasco da Gama was the 1st Count of Vidigueira so his coat of Arms is also the Coat of Arms of the Counts of Vidigueira. In the middle a shield with the 5 Portuguese Shields (Quinas) inside ). Each one onf them showinf alternately a gold flag and a red and white stripes flag (3 red and 2 white). Vasco da Gama Coat of Arms show a shield divided in 15 pieces.
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