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The Rua Augusta Arch is the triumphal arch on the north side of Praça do Comércio, planned after the 1755 earthquake and completed in 1875 to a design by Veríssimo José da Costa. A sculpture group by Célestin Anatole Calmels crowns it; a lift and stairs lead past an exhibition in the clock room to a terrace above the Baixa and the Tagus.

The National Pantheon occupies the Church of Santa Engrácia in Alfama, a Baroque building on a Greek-cross plan designed by João Antunes and begun in 1682. Its dome was completed only in the 20th century; since 1966 it has held the tombs of presidents, writers, the fado singer Amália Rodrigues and Eusébio, and its terrace looks over the Tagus.

The Sanctuary of Christ the King stands on a clifftop in Almada, across the Tagus from Lisbon. Inaugurated in 1959 and inspired by Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, it is a 28-metre statue of Christ by Francisco Franco on an 82-metre pedestal by António Lino. A lift rises to a terrace at the statue's feet above the 25 de Abril Bridge.

The Monument of the Discoveries is a 56-metre monument on the Tagus riverfront in Belém, built in 1958–1960 after a design by Cottinelli Telmo, with sculptures by Leopoldo de Almeida. Shaped like the prow of a caravel, it carries 33 figures of the Age of Discovery led by Henry the Navigator. Inside are exhibition rooms and a lift to a rooftop viewpoint.

Belém Tower is a fortified tower on the bank of the Tagus, designed by Francisco de Arruda for King Manuel I and completed in 1519 to guard the approach to Lisbon. Built of lioz limestone in the Manueline style, it has a bastion and a four-storey tower, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Jerónimos Monastery since 1983.