Vasco da Gama Tower Vasco da Gama Tower The Vasco da Gama Tower (, ) is a lattice tower with skyscraper in the civil parish of Parque das Nações, the municipality of Lisbon, in Portugal. Built on the north bank of the Tagus river, it is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (the first European to arrive in India by sail, in 1498). The tower was built in 1998 for the Expo '98 World's Fair. At the base of the tower was a three-story building that served as the European Union Pavilion during the Expo. While they were open, the tower was
Instituto Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama" (Bulletin of the Institute Vasco da Gama), a monthly journal. After a period of erasure, the Institute was restructured in 1924. In 1963, after the merger of Goa into the Indian Union, it has changed its name to Institute Menezes Bragança, named after Luís de Menezes Braganza, journalist and one of the Goan pioneers of anti-colonialism. From March 1925, the Instituto Vasco da Gama was attached to the Biblioteca Pública de Goa (public library of Goa). In, 15 April 1952, it was made a Commander of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (Comendador da Ordem