Padrão
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A Padrão (English: Pattern; Plural: Padrões) was a large stone cross inscribed with the coat of arms of Portugal that was placed as part of a land claim by numerous Portuguese explorers during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. Notable explorers known to have erected Padrões were Diogo Cão, Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama.
The Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (Portuguese Society of Geography) managed to restore in the 20th century three Padrões erected by Diogo Cão and one by Bartolomeu Dias.