Daytime View

A day time view at Castelo de Sao Jorge which commands an excellent view over the City. Most of what you see is a result of restorations from the 20th century, but there is still lots of history to learn from when it was under Moorish and Portuguese rule.

Exploring Lisboa (Lisbon) Nov 1 - Nov 6, 2012

November 25th 2012
What follows is a short highly abridged history obtained through Wikipedia of this part of the Iberian Peninsula. Feel free to skip this paragraph if you are one of those who are still recovering from high school world history (sorry John). Pre-Celtic tribes are the first to leave their mark on this part of Portugal. A number of burial mounds and stone carvings have been found in the area aroun ... 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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