The Age of Discoveries Monument, Lisbon and the Statue of Thomas Paine, Thetford
Both of these 20th-century sculptures capture something profound about the human spirit—the drive to venture beyond known horizons, whether across uncharted oceans or into new frontiers of political free thought.
Lisbon: The Age of Discoveries Monument at Belém, Lisbon. This towering riverfront sculpture celebrates the golden age of maritime history, commemorating the Portuguese navigators, cartographers, and explorers who charted the globe.
Thetford: The Statue of Thomas Paine. Born in Thetford in 1737, Paine became a world-famous republican, radical free-thinker, and revolutionary whose pamphlets helped spark both the American and French Revolutions.
