Lisbon city from Castle St George

Lisbon, Portugal

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January 2nd 2015
The capital of Portugal is full of dichotomies. The people are friendly, polite, open and expressive, but also wary. The buildings are grand, charming and quaint all at once but there is graffiti everywhere. You can't help but marvel at just how beautiful the city is—filled with beautifully tiled houses with red roofs and winding cobblestone streets that snake between multi-story homes draped wi ... 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