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Flea Markets at Alfama  
   

Flea Markets at Alfama

Lisbon's flea market is called locally the Feira da Ladra or "Thieves’ Market, the market has been running since the 12th Century.
Our Time in Lisbon...

May 31st 2012
Our Time in Lisbon... After a stop over in Turkey, a night in Barcelona, some extremely dodgy flights and an hour and a half wait for our bags we finally arrived in Lisbon. Our first day in Lisbon was jam packed; first we set out to explore the lush verdant hills of Sintra. Sintra is a Unesco World Heritage site and its fairy tale like setting was a perfect introduction to Portugal. While at S ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

Portuguese Flag Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more
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