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Down on the Malabar coast, the great Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed in 1498, paving the way for his countrymen to form a settlement in Goa.
Before the century was over, Henry’s compatriots Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama completed epic voyages, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and reaching India, respectively, and Pedro Álves Cabral claimed Brazil.
In addition to royal tombs, the monastery holds the relics of national heroes Vasco da Gama and the poet Luis de Camões.
Huge, bold panels of his work are on view, including “São Pedro,” “Pentecost,” and “Assunção da Virgem,” as are those of the various Flemish artists who influenced the Viseu School, and those of Vasco’s great Portuguese rival, Gaspar Vaz.
Vasco Fernandes, more commonly referred to as Grão Vasco (the Great), founded the city’s school of painting in the 16th century.