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Tomb of Vasco da Gama at Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Lisbon  
   

Tomb of Vasco da Gama at Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Lisbon

Primeira visita a Portugal, parte 2/2: Lisboa & Portimão

July 20th 2019
I left Porto and travelled by bus towards Lisbon, capital and largest city of Portugal. The city of about 2.5 million inhabitants lies on the shores of the Tagus River. It was also the capital of the former Portuguese Empire which owned territories on most continents. Once I arrived in Lisbon, my Venezuelan cousin Antarajú came to pick me up. A few family-members from my father’s side migra ... 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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