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The most significant expedition under Manuel’s flag was Vasco da Gama’s legendary sea voyage from Lisbon in the summer of 1497 — immortalized in The Lusiads (1572), the epic poem by Portugal’s national poet, Luís de Camões (1524–1580).
The lower level of the Dom Luís I Bridge leads to the wine cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, which are the low buildings on the southern bank.
Finally, in 1908, King Carlos and his eldest son, Luís Filipe, were assassinated as they rode in an open carriage through the Praça do Comércio (see page 31) in Lisbon.
Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580), the Portuguese national poet whose work immortalized that country’s golden age of discoveries, may have stayed in Macau.
The impressive Ponte Dom Luís I (a 172-m bridge built in 1886) looms over the colorful houses of the Ribeira and spans the river to the south bank, where the port lodges (cavas) of Vila Nova de Gaia are located (see page 59).