
Viceroys Arch
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.