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Barrio Alto, Lisbon  
   

Barrio Alto, Lisbon

The Time Out Market

September 29th 2017
We head for the Santa Justa lift, which from the distance looks like a very modern steel tower near the centre of city. On closer inspection it seems that it's a bit older than it looks. We read that it was opened in 1901, and was one of two similar structures built to make it easier for people to get up and down the steep hills on either side of the city; the other one's since been demolished. Th ... 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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