Lisboa or Lisbon (according to some experts in toponymy) is the capital and largest city of the state of Portugal. Located at the estuary of the river Tagus. Besides the capital is also the capital of the District of Lisbon, the Lisbon region, the metropolitan area of Lisbon, and is also the main center of the sub-region statistics of the Great Lisbon. Lisbon is the richest city in Portugal with a GDP per capita than the European average.
As one of the oldest cities in the world, Lisbon consider as one of favorite vacation destinations in Iberian Peninsula, due to its historical and romantic views. Some notable tourist spots are Alfama, Baixa, Alcantara, Belem, Bairro Alto and Chiado. The city of Lisbon also rich in architecture; Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Baroque, Traditional Portuguese, Modern and Post-Modern constructions can be found all over the city.
The municipality is divided in 53 parishes (civil parishes) and is limited north by the municipalities and Odivelas Loures, Oeiras by west, northeast and east by Amador and south by the Tagus estuary . Through the estuary connects the towns of Lisbon Margem Sul: Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo and Alcochete.
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century the most significant monument is the Free Waters Aqueduct. After the earthquake of 1755, according to the plan approved by the Marquis de Pombal square in the central area of the city (the "Lower pombalina"), built up squares of Commerce, near the Tagus and The Dom Pedro IV (formerly known as Rossio). In the vicinity, and historical or artistic interest, are the two Restauradores Square and the Santa Justa Elevator, elevator designed in the late nineteenth Mesnier du Ponsard, a disciple of Eiffel.
In the late nineteenth century town planning permit to extend the city beyond the Lower Valley up to the current Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue). In 1934 it built the Marquis de Pombal Square, which closes the top of the avenue. In addition, these new bourgeois areas of the capital were the first to receive electricity from the Central Tejo, located in the central district of Belém thermoelectric that illuminate Lisbon and its region during the first half of the twentieth century.
As one of the oldest cities in the world, Lisbon consider as one of favorite vacation destinations in Iberian Peninsula, due to its historical and romantic views. Some notable tourist spots are Alfama, Baixa, Alcantara, Belem, Bairro Alto and Chiado. The city of Lisbon also rich in architecture; Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Baroque, Traditional Portuguese, Modern and Post-Modern constructions can be found all over the city.
The municipality is divided in 53 parishes (civil parishes) and is limited north by the municipalities and Odivelas Loures, Oeiras by west, northeast and east by Amador and south by the Tagus estuary . Through the estuary connects the towns of Lisbon Margem Sul: Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo and Alcochete.
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century the most significant monument is the Free Waters Aqueduct. After the earthquake of 1755, according to the plan approved by the Marquis de Pombal square in the central area of the city (the "Lower pombalina"), built up squares of Commerce, near the Tagus and The Dom Pedro IV (formerly known as Rossio). In the vicinity, and historical or artistic interest, are the two Restauradores Square and the Santa Justa Elevator, elevator designed in the late nineteenth Mesnier du Ponsard, a disciple of Eiffel.
In the late nineteenth century town planning permit to extend the city beyond the Lower Valley up to the current Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue). In 1934 it built the Marquis de Pombal Square, which closes the top of the avenue. In addition, these new bourgeois areas of the capital were the first to receive electricity from the Central Tejo, located in the central district of Belém thermoelectric that illuminate Lisbon and its region during the first half of the twentieth century.
