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4.7

Arco Triunfal da Rua Augusta

Arch • Lisboa, Lisboa

More than a monumental entrance, the Rua Augusta Triumphal Arch is the great symbolic gateway to the Lisbon that rose again after the 1755 earthquake. Conceived in the context of...

4.2

Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno

Commercial Space • Lisboa, Lisboa

With its red-brick silhouette and neo-Moorish domes, Campo Pequeno seems to bring an unexpected imaginary world into Lisbon, yet its real strength lies in the way it gathers more...

4.5

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Monastery • Lisboa, Lisboa

On the edge of the Tagus, Jerónimos Monastery seems to turn into stone the moment when Lisbon opened itself to the world. Commissioned by King Manuel the First at the end of the...

4.7

Praça do Comércio e Cais das Colunas

Square • Lisboa, Lisboa

Few places explain Lisbon as clearly as Praça do Comércio and Cais das Colunas. Before the 1755 earthquake, the Ribeira Palace stood here; after the catastrophe, the Pombaline...

4.6

Cristo Rei

Monument • Almada, Setúbal

High above Pragal, with arms open over the Tagus, Cristo Rei has become one of the most striking shapes in Lisbon’s skyline, although it already belongs to Almada. The idea was...

4.6

Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Monument • Lisboa, Lisboa

Facing the Tagus, the Monument to the Discoveries has the theatrical force of a ship ready to depart, yet it speaks as much about Portuguese memory in the twentieth century as...

4.5

Torre de Belém

Monument • Lisboa, Lisboa

Belém Tower has the grace of a Manueline jewel and the firmness of a fortress built to guard the entrance to the Tagus. Raised in the reign of King Manuel the First, from 1514...

4.5

Panteão Nacional

Church • Lisboa, Lisboa

High above Santa Clara, the National Pantheon stands over Lisbon like a monument of stone memory. The building was originally intended to be the church of Santa Engrácia and began...

4.1

Elevador de Santa Justa

Elevator • Lisboa, Lisboa

In the heart of Baixa, the Santa Justa Lift shows how Lisbon turned an urban problem into beauty. Opened in 1902 to overcome the steep difference in level between Rua do Ouro and...

4.6

Praça Dom Pedro IV

Square • Lisboa, Lisboa

Few places sum up Lisbon’s public life as well as Praça Dom Pedro IV, which everyone still calls Rossio. For centuries it was a market, a stage for festivities, conspiracies and...

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