Santa Justa elevator

Inaugurated by King Carlos in 1901 and fully operational in 1902, the Santa Justa Lift has been shuttling people up and down ever since.

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Bad, sad neighbors...

October 4th 2017
Well, we didn't get our hoped for sleep last night... At 2:30 am, a young man named Chris came home to the apartment above us and his wife proceeded to yell at him for the next four hours! What we learned from the shouting: They are Americans and about 32 years old, and use the F word frequently. Apparently Chris had contact with an girl from high school (whom his wife has never heard about unt ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

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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