Vasco da Gama Tower is a 525-foot (160 m) tower in the Parque das Nações district of Lisbon, Portugal, on the north bank of the Tagus River. Leonor Janeiro, Nick Jacobs and SOM designed it, and Martifer assembled it. It was built in 1998 for Expo '98, and its three-story base served as the European Union Pavilion.
The design is inspired by a caravel and its sail. The base projects into the river like a boat's bow, and a 394-foot (120 m) platform forms a crow's nest. While it was open, it was the tallest publicly accessible structure in Portugal, excluding bridges. The observation deck and restaurant closed in October 2004.
The base was demolished from July to September 2007 for a hotel, and the 236-foot (72 m) Myriad hotel opened in 2012. In 2018 the Fifty Seconds restaurant, by Martín Berasategui, opened on the former observation deck and earned a Michelin star within a year.
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