Monumento dos Restauradores

"At the beginning of the avenida, in the Praça dos Restauradores, stands the Monumento dos Restauradores de Portugal. an obelisk 98 ft.high, erected in 1882 to commemorate the rising of Dec. 1st, 1640, by which the yoke of the Spanish 'Intrusos' was thrown off and an end put to the 'sixty years' slavery'. At the base are bronze figures of Victory and the Genius of Liberty".--Baedeker 1913 IMG_7753

Lisbon Day 1

October 12th 2022
Two days in Lisbon marked the start of our “Portugal’s River of Gold“ trip with Viking Cruises. Our overnight flight from Washington Dulles Airport touched down at 10:14 a.m. Viking representatives met us outside customs and baggage claim and directed us to our hotel transfer. Lisbon airport is surprisingly close to the city center. The ride in from the airport took us through several traffi ... read more

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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

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