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View from Se Church  
   

View from Se Church

Another European Vacation

June 3rd 2017
We went for breakfast and coffee, and headed out for another tour of the city. We walked up Se Cathedral, and then headed out onto the upperdeck of the Ponte Dom Luis I. From here we enjoyed a fabulous view of the river and the old city, crossing to the south bank and back. We then boarded the No. 22 tram for a ride across the city. Then it was off to the Palacio da Bolsa (Stock Exchange) for a to ... read more
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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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