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HISTÓRIA DE LISBOA
Aspectos geográficos
Cidade, capital de Portugal. Fica situada na margem direita do Rio Tejo, estendendo-se ao longo do seu
estuário por alguns quilómetros e para o interior. A cidade está ligada à margem sul pela Ponte 25 de Abril,
inaugurada em 1966, e pela Ponte Vasco da Gama, inaugurada a 29 de Março de 1998. É limitada pelo distrito
de Leiria a norte, Santarém a nordeste e este, pelo Oceano Atlântico a sul e a oeste e pelo estuário do Tejo a
leste e sul, que o separa do distrito de Setúbal. A sua altitude varia entre os 5 metros, à beira-rio, e os 226
metros, em Monsanto. No que se refere ao clima verificam-se características mediterrânicas, com Verões
quentes e secos e Invernos amenos.
História e Monumentos
As origens de Lisboa perdem-se na noite dos séculos. Nela teriam vivido Lígures, Celtas, Iberos e tribos
lusitanas. Foi ocupada por Romanos, Visigodos e Mouros, até que D. Afonso Henriques, com o auxílio de
cruzados estrangeiros, a conquistou em 1147, depois de uma tentativa falhada em 1142. Mas só em 1179 a
cidade recebeu a primeira carta de foral. Foi elevada a capital do reino em 1255, por D. Afonso III.
Outrora dizia-se estar Lisboa edificada sobre sete colinas - Castelo, Graça, Monte, Santa Catarina, Penha de
França, S. Pedro de Alcântara e Estrela -, mas, com o surto expansionista, sobretudo a partir de 1940, a
cidade alastrou muito para além desses limites.
O topónimo Lisboa provém de Olisipo, nome que a povoação já possuía antes da ocupação romana, em 205
a.C., e cujo significado não está de todo esclarecido. Os Romanos chamaram à cidade Felicitas Julia.
O seu porto era frequentado por muitos povos de navegadores e comerciantes, até que, no século V, começou
a sofrer invasões dos Bárbaros. Assim, em 419 foi saqueada pelos Godos, em 453 encontrava-se nas mãos dos
Suevos, sendo sucessivamente ocupada por Visigodos, Suevos, Godos, novamente Visigodos, até à chegada dos
Mouros em 714.
A influência árabe deixou profundas marcas na cidade, já então chamada Olissibona, mas que os mouros
denominavam Archbouna.
Situada em zona de intensa actividade sísmica, Lisboa sofreu violentos terramotos ao longo dos séculos, mas o
mais desastroso foi o de 1 de Novembro de 1755, data em que um sismo catastrófico, seguido de maremoto e
incêndio, destruiu totalmente a zona ribeirinha da cidade. A Lisboa pombalina, tal como a conhecemos
actualmente, nasceu das ruínas desse cataclismo e ficou a dever-se à visão e capacidade de decisão do
Marquês de Pombal, que mandou reedificar a cidade, chamando para o efeito os melhores arquitectos e
engenheiros de então: Eugénio dos Santos, Carlos Mardel e Manuel da Maia.
Quase todos os testemunhos arqueológicos da Lisboa antiga surgiram após o terramoto de 1755, limitando-se,
no entanto, praticamente a peças pré-romanas de diversa índole, ao teatro e termas romanas sob a "baixa
pombalina" e a alguns elementos arquitectónicos da época visigótica. Alguns bairros antigos, de que Alfama é
o ex-libris, reflectem ainda o modelo de urbanismo que remonta ao tempo da ocupação árabe. A Sé, romanogótica, que sofreu acrescentos e remodelações ao longo dos séculos, terá sido construída a partir de uma
mesquita, que entretanto ocupara o lugar de uma igreja visigótica. Góticos eram os primitivos conventos de S.
Domingos e S. Francisco, com igrejas anexas, posteriormente remodeladas. Também gótico era o Convento do
Carmo, em ruínas desde o terramoto de 1755. Além destes monumentos, localizam-se em Lisboa mais algumas
das mais preciosas jóias da nossa arquitectura: o Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, a Torre de Belém e a fachada da
igreja da Conceição Velha, em estilo manuelino, tendo os dois primeiros sido classificados pela UNESCO como
Património Mundial; as igrejas de S. Roque e de S. Vicente de Fora, pertencentes à renascença jesuítica; do
estilo barroco é a Igreja de Santa Engrácia, bem como a igreja e o convento da Graça; a Basílica da Estrela,
por sua vez, é um exemplar do estilo barroco e neoclássico.
Além da "baixa pombalina", onde se inclui a majestosa Praça do Comércio, também são dignos de admiração o
Castelo de S. Jorge (de origem anterior à fundação da nacionalidade), o monumental Aqueduto das Águas
Livres, o Teatro de S. Carlos, o Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II, os Paços do Concelho e alguns palácios, como
os de S. Bento, Belém, Necessidades e Ajuda.
Construções exemplares da evolução arquitectónica e urbanística do século XX que iremos vendo ao longo do
Tour são a Praça do Império, a ponte sobre o Tejo, o Centro Cultural de Belém.
Tradições, Lendas e Curiosidades
A festa popular mais importante de Lisboa é a de Sto. António, padroeiro da cidade, que se festeja na noite
de 12 para 13 de Junho. Organizam-se cortejos coloridos, representando os diversos bairros lisboetas, que
desfilam pelas ruas mostrando os seus trajes típicos e entoando as suas canções populares. Sto. António é
considerado o santo casamenteiro e é costume realizar-se no dia 13 o casamento colectivo das chamadas
noivas de Sto. António.
Referenciar documento
Lisboa. In Diciopédia 2010 [DVD-ROM]. Porto : Porto Editora, 2009. ISBN: 978-972-0-65265-2
Lisbon’s history dates back to 300,000 years ago. However, it emerged as a nation state in the early 12th
century and ranks as one of the world's longest founded cities. As the legend tells, it is a city founded and
named by Ulysses as Ulissipo or Olissopo, which has its origins in the Phoenician words "Allis Ubbo", meaning
"enchanting port". It is from there, according to legend, that Lisbon got its name.
Early history of Lisbon was a battlefield for Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, however it was Romans
who started their two-century reign in Lisbon in 205 BC. During Romans period, Lisbon became one of the
most significant cities in Iberian Peninsula and renamed Felicitas Julia.
In 714, the Moors arrived to peninsula and resisted against Christian attacks for 400 years. When the Christians
finally recaptured the city, it took one more century to repel all the Moors from the peninsula.
The 15th century was the point of departure for the Portuguese Discoveries, an era during which Portugal
enjoyed abundant wealth and prosperity through its newly discovered off shore colonies in Atlantic islands,
the shores of Africa, the Americas and Asia. Vasco da Gama's famous discovery of the sea route to India
marked this century. Lisbon was then world's most prosperous trading centre. Furthermore, many attractions
of the city at present such as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos and Torre de Belém, both classified by UNESCO as World
Heritage Sites, were built during this period.
However, this era didn’t take long: the earthquake of 1755 destroyed nearly entire city. The city was rebuilt
by the Marquês de Pombal, who thus created the Baixa Pombalina, a commercial area that still attains
attraction. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city spread progressively to the North and areas such as the
Avenidas Novas (New Avenues) were added.
Today, Lisbon is one of the most beautiful capitals of Europe while still maintaining the marks of its early
glorious history.
Live WebCam -> http://www.strawberryworld-lisbon.com/webcam.html and a great site to visit
http://www.strawberryworld-lisbon.com/lisbon/essential/index.html
Welcome to Tour 5.
We truly enjoyed having you come and hope that
you enjoyed the visit we have planned.
We are going to beginning to visit Belém - west of
the city - is an absolute must, with its gardens,
the Torre de Belém and the Jerónimos Monastery,
both classified by UNESCO as world heritage. Next
door, the modern Centro Cultural de Belém, the
18th century Coach Museum and the never-to-beforgotten local pastries, the Pastéis de Belém,
Lisbon's seven hills, the endless neighbourhoods
and the unique Southern light, have captivated writers, photographers and
painters for many years.
The city from the many viewpoints - St George's Castle, São Pedro de Alcântara
…well, let’s start
Tower of Belém
Strategically built on the
bank of the river Tagus
between 1514 and 1520
as a defense system,
the Tower of Belém is
one of the jewels of
architecture from the
reign of King Manuel. It
is a combination of a
traditional keep tower
with the first devices
built to resist artillery
fire. It still preserves
some spaces used for
civil purposes, under
typical 16th-century
vaults, a casemate for artillery and the memory of the prisons that were used
since the 16th century.
It is inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and is an icon of Portuguese
cultural heritage spread across the world. The Tower of Belém stands majestically
on the river front, in the monumental complex of Ajuda-Belém.
Restelo Route
Belenenses Stadium and Avenue in
Restelo
Geronimo Chapel
Sailing in River Tagus
Memorial
To Portuguese died in War
between Portugal's military
and the nationalist
movements in Portugal's
African colonies between
1961 and 1974.Portugal
had been the first European
to establish a colony in
Africa when it captured
Ceuta in 1415
Monastery of Jerónimos
A masterpiece of 16th-century
architecture in Portugal, the
Monastery of Jerónimos is listed
as a National Monument and is
inscribed on UNESCO’s World
Heritage List. It is located in one
of Lisbon’s most noble areas, a
both historical and monumental
setting overlooking the river
Tagus. It stands next to the also
iconic Tower of Belém and
Belém Cultural Centre.
Below where European leaders sign Lisbon Treaty
Being symbolically linked to one
of the most important moments
of national recollection, the
monastery, founded by King D.
Manuel, still preserves most of
the magnificent structures that
contributed to its international
recognition, including its 16thcentury Cloister, the friars’
Refectory and the Library.
Praça do Império
(Portuguese for
Empire Square)
One of the largest in
Europe it measures
about 280 m by 280.
The square
commemorates the
Portuguese Empire and
was built for the Exhibition of the Portuguese World in 1940.
Pasteis de Belem
History The Taste of Tradition
At the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, in Belém, next
to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (the Heironymite Monastery)
there was a sugar cane refinery linked to a small general
store. As a result of the liberal revolution of 1820, all
convents and monasteries in Portugal were shut down in
1834, the clergy and labourers expelled. In an attempt at
survival, someone from the monastery offered sweet
pastries for sale in the shop; pastries that rapidly became
known as 'Pasteis de Belém'. At that period the area of
Belém was still far from the city of Lisbon and could be
reached by steam-boats. At the same time, the grandeur
of the monastery and the Torre de Belém (the Belém
Tower) attracted visitors who soon grew used to savouring
the delicious pastries originated in the monastery. In 1837,
the baking of the 'Pasteis de Belém' was begun in buildings
joined
to the
refinery, following the ancient
'secret recipe' from the
monastery. Passed on and
known exclusively to the
master confectioners who
hand-crafted the pastries in
the 'secrets room', this recipe
remained unchanged to the
present day.
Lisbon's beautiful TROPICAL
GARDEN is a charming, yet
often overlooked spot that
has maintained all the ponds,
towering palm trees, and over
4000 species of tropical
plants that it had when it was
created in 1906. It is also
known as "Jardim do
Ultramar," and has rare
tropical and subtropical trees
and plants (many of them
endangered species) from all
over the World.
Belém Palace
The Palace, located in
Belém, formerly a royal
palace, is now national
monument and the
headquarters of the
Presidency of the
Portuguese Republic.
Known as the “lions’ den”
in the 18th century, it
appears to have as its
emblem a lion – a manor
house symbol that allies Wisdom with Power. A green flag with the national arms
is hoisted at the palace when the President is present at Belém.
A central architectural group of five buildings
facing the river Tagus stands out from the
surrounding buildings and landscape. A
manor house to the east of the Patio das
Damas (the Ladies’ Patio) – the Annexe – is
followed, at the corner to Calçada da Ajuda,
by another building – the Royal riding
school, now the Coach Museum. To the west
lie the Patio dos Bichos (the Animals’ Patio),
the Arrábida Pavilion and the Cascata
Gardens. To the south lies the Great Garden
which ends in a mirador the railings of which
stretch east and west to end at two small
pavilions formerly known as “recreation houses”.
Afonso Albuquerque
Was a nobleman, a naval general officer
whose military and administrative
activities as second governor of
Portuguese India conquered and
established the Portuguese colonial
empire in the Indian ocean. He is
generally considered a world conquest
military genius, given his successful
strategy: he attempted to close all the
Indian ocean naval passages to the
Atlantic, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and to
the Pacific, transforming it into a Portuguese mare clausum established over the
Turkish power and their Muslim and Hindu allies.
Route - Belem - Ajuda
National Palace.
2nd Lancers Regiment
and Portuguese
Pentagon
The origins, date back to
the creation of the
Queen's Lancers
Regiment in 1833, by the
constitutional army
during the Liberal Wars.
The idea for the creation
of the regiment came
from the observation of
the success that resulted
from the lancers during
the Napoleonic Wars.
Since its creation the regiment became an elite unit, responsible for the escort of
the royal family, being mostly composed of aristocratic officers.
The Ajuda National Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuda_National_Palace
Is a neoclassical monument in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. The Palace was built
during the 19th century to be a residence for the kings of Portugal.
The site where the Palace stands, in the neighbourhood of Ajuda, was previously
occupied by the Royal Tent), a wooden structure that housed King José I after the
Ribeira Palace was destroyed in the
1755 Lisbon Earthquake. The wooden
structure was destroyed by fire in 1794,
and a new Palace begun to be built with
a stye late baroque-rococo. In 1802,
the project was entrusted to the
Portuguese José da Costa e Silva and
the Italian Francisco Xavier Fabri, who
planned a magnificent building in the
modern neoclassical style. In 1807 the
Royal Family had escape to Brazil,
following the invasion of Portugal by
French troops, and the works proceeded
very slowly. It is now a museum.
The Ajuda National Palace is one of the earliest neoclassical buildings in Lisbon.
Monsanto - http://webserver.cm-lisboa.pt/pmonsanto/Index.htm
http://www.nextstop.com/p/8AjVlpvM5SE/parque-de-monsanto/
The Parque Florestal de Monsanto is a vast area with almost 1000 ha. of roughly one thousand
hectares, now entirely protected against the enormous urban pressure all around it.
Monsanto offers the inhabitants of Lisbon the beauty of a landscape that overlooks the whole city, as
well as the chance to rediscover nature in the park’s intense plant and animal life. All this is available
to them while they enjoy that break that they’ve been longing for and temporarily free themselves from
the stress of living in a large city. The park also provides environmental education activities and makes
a decisive contribution towards guaranteeing the city’s climatic balance and freeing it from pollution.
Created in 1934, the park is now totally planted with trees. There is a predominance of pine-trees, but
there are also other plants that are
representative
of
Portugal’s
natural forest, the oak-tree, the
cork-oak tree, the holm-oak tree
and others, all of which accentuate
the diversity of the landscape.
Birds are more easily observed:
some of them are resident in the
area, while others simply stop off
in the course of their migratory
flights across continents.
Their bright colours and the music
of their singing will most certainly
make your visit worthwhile.
Recently,
squirrels
were
introduced into the park. These friendly and loveable animals, which previously had been extinct in
Portugal for several centuries, are still adjusting to their new environment. However, the main aim of
the Parque Florestal de Monsanto is to provide Lisbon with a large-scale leisure and sports area. In
keeping with this aim, several urban parks have been created, along with building complexes offering
restaurants, viewpoints, children’s playgrounds, swimming-pools, a horse-riding centre, keep-fit
courses, footpaths, and so many other attractions that help to make Monsanto a real school of nature
and a blessed escape from the stresses and strains of everyday life.
Serafina e Aqueduto das Águas Livres
It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese
engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the whole
network of canals extends through nearly 58 km.
Construction started in 1731 under the direction of Italian architect Antonio
Canevari, replaced in 1732 by a group of Portuguese architects and engineers,
including Manuel da Maia, Azevedo Fortes and José da Silva Pais.
In 1748, although the project was still unfinished, the aqueduct finally started to
bring water to the city of Lisbon, a fact celebrated in a commemorative arch built
in the Amoreiras neighbourhood. From this period on, construction was overseen
by other architects, including Carlos Mardel of Hungary and others. During the
reigns of José I and Maria I, the network of canals and fountains was greatly
enlarged.
Bairro Social da Serafina, designed by architect
Paulino Montez in 1938, followed a very simple
architectural typology, not to say modestly,
reflected a model of rural inspiration. Model not
only in architecture but also in urban form,
which plays a small village, where the choice of
their design and deployment in theater is due to
the morphological features of the site.
Parque Eduardo VII
Eduardo VII Park is located on the
extreme north side of the Liberty
Avenue, right behind the Pombal
Marquis Square, and was originally
called Liberty Park. Renamed with
the name of the King of England
who came to Lisbon in 1903 to
reaffirm the Anglo-Portuguese
alliance, this park provides
excellent views over the city and is
frequently used to hold exhibitions, concerts and the annual booksellers fair.
Within the park you can find the Sports Pavilion, built in 1932, nowadays named
'Carlos Lopes Pavilion' as a tribute to the Portuguese athlete of the same name,
some lakes, statues, an amazing sculpture made by João Cutileiro in a reference
to the 25th of April Revolution, Clube VII with tennis court, gym, swimming pool
and restaurant.
And the Oscar goes to... (can you hear the drums?)... the Cold Greenhouse! This
is a real green museum where plants and flowers from the five continents grow
harmoniously together under a huge planked roof that beautifully regulates the
air temperature and the intensity of light. It was built in 1930 and allows visitors
to rest their spirit and purify their senses in front of an enchanted scenery of
lakes, fountains and
statues.
The area is divided in
three different zones:
the original
greenhouse, the hot
greenhouse and the
sweet greenhouse.
Within the first (also
the coolest) you'll
find an extraordinary
vegetation that
benefits from the
construction (iron
and strips of wood);
the hot greenhouse,
covered with glass,
displays species that
need a hotter
atmosphere to survive; and the sweet greenhouse is the territory of several
species of cactus... watch your feet!
Marquês Pombal, Av.Liberdade, Restauradores / Rossio / Pç. Figueira
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo was an 18th century Portuguese statesman.
He was Minister of the Kingdom (the equivalent to a today's prime minister) in
the government of Joseph I of Portugal from 1750 to 1777. Undoubtedly the most
prominent minister in the government, he is considered today to have been the
de facto head of government. Pombal is notable for his swift and competent
leadership in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. He implemented
sweeping economic policies in Portugal to regulate commercial activity and
standardize quality throughout the country. Pombal was instrumental in
weakening the grip of the Inquisition. The term Pombaline is used to describe not
only his tenure, but also the architectural style which formed after the great
earthquake.
Av. Liberdade
The Rossio became an important place in the city during the 13th and 14th
centuries, when the population of the city expanded to the lower area
surrounding the Lisbon Castle hill. The name "rossio" is roughly equivalent to the
word "commons" in English, and refers to a commonly owned terrain.
Castelo S. Jorge / Portas do Sol / Baixa Pombalina
The region where Lisboa is located is on
the west side of the Iberian Penninsula
near Tagus River, and is an area that
has been occupied since pre-iberian
times, since the Neolithic era. From
then until today there are many history
pages that have been written about
Iberian culture, it´s population, it´s
wars and it´s history after all.
In the history of Lisbon, there are
various stages that must be shown,
stages like the celtic, the iberians, the romans, carthaginiens, and greeks.
Common stages around the entire Iberian Penninsula. You can see all of this in an
exposition in S.George Castel.
The Portas do Sol Miradouro is the
terrace that every person from Lisboa
would like to have at home! The
astonishing sight of Lisboa blends
perfectly with the also magnificent view
over the river Tagus. Located in
between several highlights of lisboa,
from the Portas do Sol Miradouro one
can observe the delightful São Vicente
Church and the typical Alfama quarter
with its narrow picturesque streets
Passeio de Eléctrico
, Café Brasileira
and Chiado
Name of a square and
its surrounding area
in the city of Lisbon,
in Portugal. The
Chiado is located
between the
neighbourhoods of
Bairro Alto and Baixa
Pombalina.
Chiado is a traditional
shopping area that
mixes old and modern
commercial
establishments,
concentrated specially
in the Carmo and
Garrett Streets.
Locals as well as
tourists visit the
Chiado to buy books,
garments, pottery as
well as to have a cup
of coffee.
The most famous café
of Chiado is "A
Brasileira", famous for
having had poet
Fernando Pessoa among its customers. The Chiado is also an important cultural
area, with several museums and theatres.
The toponym Chiado exists since around 1567. Has been inhabited since at least
Roman times, when several villae were present in the area. During the Middle
Ages it was used for agricultural purposes and it was in its vicinity that North
European Crusaders settled during the Siege of Lisbon, in 1147.
Largo do Carmo - In this square, stand the ruins of the Convento do Carmo,
built in the XIV century. In is center a Fountain (1771), with is water come from
the Aqueduct. Alongside the walls of the convent, is the headquarters owned by
the National Guard who had a very important role during the April 25, 1974,
chosen by Marcello Caetano for escaping the revolution. The main stage of the
revolution, as the site of is surrender at the military hands of the MFA. To
perpetuate this moment, lies on the floor of a large inscription dedicated to
Salgueiro Maia. On the other side of the convent, found the Valadares Palace,
building that has had various uses. This palace stands in the place where it was
founded the first university in Portugal by D. Dinis King, before being transferred
to Coimbra.
Conventos, Miradouros, Elevadores, Cafés, Esplanadas , Praças … in
English, esplanades and terrace with traditional coffee.
Praça do Comércio, Castel View.
In Lisboa, the fresh air,
beauty of the landscape,
temperate climate and local
friendliness Especially in this
season, when the hot Lisboa
sun and the deep blue sky
greet those passing by. Lisboa’s cafes and esplanades have an old tale to tell.
They say the Portuguese are good talkers and this is even more so in Lisboa.
Maybe that is why, in this city, going to a café means much more than drinking a
short strong coffee: it is a cult, a ritual and most of all a pleasure.
Again in S.George Castel to
the right we can see the
Miradouro da Graça, the
Graça viewpoint, under
century-old pine trees. In this
old part of Lisboa, the
miradouros allow us to
appreciate the natural and
architectural beauty of the
city. At all of them there are
kiosks and esplanades, The
view is fabulous, as expected:
the scintillating river, trams
going by, the disorderly
houses and pigeons that
insist on living there.
Graça View Point.
Walking
Leaving the castle, Lisbon neighborhoods and the words that can describe and
therefore written along century’s, astonishing area, quirky, bohemian and
idiosyncratic.
Stepping into its sonorous but bewildering mazes of endlessly winding streets, put
all incomprehensibly thrown into a realization that becomes suddenly deposited at
a place somewhere not quite detached from the medieval times.
There is no matter what a sense of old, very very old indeed that refuses to
budge from the many new encroachments of modern refurbishment and uplifting
burnished facades. No question therefore that the more one spends wandering
aimlessly around Bairro Alto, Alfama, Mouraria, the more the place takes you
back in time of startlingly eerie nostalgia.
What we can say more, strange admixture of experiences as far as sights and
pleasurable little journeys are concerned: the old and the trendy, the ancient and
the upcoming, an abbey, old churches, fantastic restaurants, smoky local taverns,
fado houses, late-night bars and discotheques, fashionable clothing boutiques,
the botanical gardens, a university, limitless cafes, tiny fruit stands and familyowned groceries, beautiful open parks, old bookstores now … let’s go walking
….
Santa Justa Lift situated at the end of
Rua de Santa Justa. It connects the
lower streets of the Baixa with the
higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo
Square.)
Neogothic structure of the Santa Justa
Lift. The bridge leads to the Carmo
Square. Designed by Raul Mesnier de
Ponsard, apprentice of Gustave Eiffel.
Const
ructio
n
bega
n in 1900 and was finished in 1902; originally
powered by steam, it was converted to electrical
operation in 1907. The top storey is reached by
helicoidal staircases and has a terrace that
offers views of Lisbon Castle, the Rossio Square
and the Baixa neighbourhood.
The Glória Funicular links Baixa (Restauradores
Square) with Bairro Alto (Jardim / Miradouro de
São Pedro de Alcântara). Was opened to the
public in October 24, 1885.
Avenidas Novas / Campo Pequeno.
One of the new areas (or not so old) of Lisbon is the so called Avenidas Novas
(New Avenues). This is no formal district name, but a nickname given to this area
developed at the beginning of the XX century.
It's the north side of Lisbon's business district. It's main avenue, Av. da
Republica, is surround with style architecture in our days become uncharacteristic
from the original development, with many nice and not so nice new buildings side
to side with old ones.
Places of interest in the area include the malls and cinemas at Saldanha Square
(southbound of the avenue), the restaurant and café Galeto (closes at 3am
everyday) , old house example, Sottomayor Palace, and Campo Pequeno
bullfight.
PS: In our visit another’s Point of Interest that you will/have seen are:
Igreja da Memória (Memory) In Ajuda/Belem. The Chiado Zone and its Church’s.
The Camões Square. The Lisbon Festival in the neighborhood nearby castle S.
Jorge. The Wine Oporto House. The View Point São Pedro de Alcantara, and so
many other places to visit that is almost impossible to visit all or even describe.
All of you “European’s” know what we are talking. Places with stories of centuries.
Thank’s to all! – DMD Team