Evening walk 07 Castle

Evening walk

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July 30th 2007
Geo: 38.7072, -9.13552This morning I walked to the bus station and waited for my bus. About four hours later I arrived in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. As the bus came into the city we crossed the river Tejo on the Vasco da Gama bridge, which is 17.2km long- that is a very long bridge! Vasco da Gama was an explorer who found a sea route from Lisbon to India. The city sits on seven hills, whic ... 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