Portugal · Building
Belém Tower
A 16th-century fortress symbolizing Portuguese maritime dominion, Belém Tower watched over departing explorers and remains an iconic symbol…
City
Lisbon
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Portugal · Building
Café A Brasileira
Lisbon's legendary café opened in 1905 and became the favoured haunt of poet Fernando Pessoa and the city's…
Portugal · Tradition
Cowbell
In Lisbon, artisans preserve the hand-craft of making cowbells—small percussive instruments that allow herders to locate grazing livestock…
Portugal · Tradition
Fado
Fado is a Portuguese song tradition tracing to 1820s Lisbon, expressing the melancholy and longing of working-class urban…
Portugal · Building
Jerónimos Monastery
A Manueline masterpiece in Lisbon, this early 16th-century monastery became the royal necropolis of Portugal's Aviz dynasty and…
International · City
Lisbon — Arte Nova and the Déco of the Avenidas
Teatro Capitólio, Parque Mayer — Luís Cristino da Silva (1931). Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Lisbon, Portugal…
Portugal · Building
Lisbon Cathedral
Lisbon's oldest church, founded in 1147, has survived countless earthquakes and centuries of renewal to become a layered…
Portugal · Building
Mercado da Ribeira (Time Out Market)
Lisbon’s 1882 riverside market hall by the Cais do Sodré, half of it reborn in 2014 as the…
Building
Palácio Ludovice Wine Experience Hotel — Lisbon
Palácio Ludovice, Lisbon. Photo: Paul Arps, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Lisbon, Portugal · completed 1747 ·…
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