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Lisboa

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July 1st 2012
The last 30 kilometres were hectic to struggle our way through the traffic and reach our Hotel on a very busy rotonde or what we say roundabout. Lisboa has two million inhabetants. An earth quake in 1755 destroyed most of this city. But enough Morish influenced buildings remain and some are spectecular. The footpath are interesting. All are paved with small blocks of limestone, basalt and other ma ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

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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