The existing archway restored completely in 1954 marks the Portuguese conquest of the city while the inscribed plaques record earlier restoration of the archway by Governor Francisco da Gama (1557-1600) in memory of his great grandfather Vasco Da Gama another record to commemorate the emancipation of Portugal from Spain the facade niche has a statue in stone of Vasco da Gama correspondingly in the rear is a state of the argonaut.