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OtherLargo de São Tiago and Rua de Santa MariaForming a very old part of the city, this square is surrounded by beautiful houses with typically northern features, simple three-storey 16th and 17th-century constructions, whose wooden balconies illustrate the great skill of the carpenters at that (...)
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OtherLargo do CarmoThe Largo do Carmo is currently a calm, tranquil square even if it has been the scene of some of the most turbulent moments in Portuguese history. The Pombaline buildings and the 18th century fountain in the centre of the square are evidence of the (...)
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OtherLargo do TouralWhilst the atmosphere in Largo de São Tiago evokes memories of the city´s mediaeval past, the architecture of Largo do Toural highlights the great concern of the town planners in the 18th-century period of the Enlightenment with producing wide and (...)
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OtherLisbon of DiscoveriesOf all Lisbon, Belém Belém most clearly evokes the era of the Discoveries and Portugal´s maritime expansion. It was from Belém that caravels would depart and arrive throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. King Manuel I ordered the construction of (...)
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OtherLuís Vaz de CamõesLuís de Camões (1524/25 - 1580) is a central figure in Portuguese Renaissance literature and a national symbol representing love, courage, and the search for an identity.Author of epic work "The Lusiads", which celebrates Portugal’s maritime (...)
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OtherMasked FiguresThe masked figures are fundamental elements in the popular festivities of the Trás-os-Montes region. They are not exclusively linked to one event, but they appear throughout the year, in such important popular celebrations as Christmas or Carnival. (...)
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OtherMedieval Vila RealLocated on the southern side of the current city was the original "royal town" founded by king Dinis. Although practically all the original town has since disappeared, the area is impressive for the beauty of its views. Half an hour is about right (...)
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OtherMemorial às Vítimas do Massacre de 1506Memorial to the Victims of the 1506 Massacre, LisbonInaugurated as part of the 500th anniversary of the event, the Memorial to the Victims of the 1506 Massacre is located on the site where it took place, in the square in front of Igreja de São (...)
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OtherMEO ArenaMeo Arena, inaugurated in 1998 as the Pavilion of Utopia at EXPO 98, located in the modern and vibrant "Parque das Nações" district in Lisbon, on the banks of the Tagus River, has been a reference in the city's events scene.Standing out for its (...)
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OtherMercado Cultural do CarandáDesigned by the architect, Eduardo de Souto Moura and built between 1980 an older market, but was never actually used to sell foodstuffs. After various unsuccessful attempts to reanimate the space, Braga Municipal Council decided to reconvert it, (...)
