Expo’98 transformed the city of Lisbon, one of the new constructions was the Vasco de Gama Tower, the tallest building in Portugal and a symbol of the new Lisbon.
Located in the northern area of the Parque de las Naciones in Lisbon, on the edge of the pit and used as an observatory tower.
The tower was designed by the Portuguese architect Regino Cruz and is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama commemorating the first sea voyage to India in 1498.
It is shaped like a caravel sail that symbolizes the Portuguese discoveries of the 15th century.
The Vasco de Gama Tower has a height of 140 meters, which makes it the tallest building in Lisbon and its structure is composed of a central core of reinforced concrete that reaches 120 meters, which at its base supports a circular viewpoint.
The concrete core represents the mast of the caravel and the viewpoint the observation basket of the boat. The rest of the construction is a steel skeleton that from the base of the tower reaches the top of the viewpoint and symbolizes the sail of the caravel.
The construction of a luxury hotel annexed to the tower has integrated it and the three panoramic elevators have been connected to the interior of the hotel. The project is by the Portuguese architect Nuno Leónidas.
The Vasco de Gama Tower is one of the architectural constructions of modern Portugal, as are the Gare do Oriente Station, the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Museum, the MEO Arena, the Rectory of the Universiade Nova de Lisboa.
It is worth contemplating the Vasco de Gama Tower and the area where it is located, as well as being a magnificent place to view Lisbon from above.
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