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The Café A Brasileira ([kɐˈfɛ ɐ βɾɐziˈlɐjɾɐ]; "The Brazilian Café") is a café at 120 Rua Garrett (at one end of the Largo do Chiado in the district of the same name), in the civil parish of Sacramento, near the Baixa-Chiado metro stop and close to the University. [1]
Reconstruction proposal for the headquarters of the Casa da Índia after the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. In 1709 at the Casa da Índia, the Jesuit priest Father Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrated the principles of hot air ballooning. He managed to levitate a ball indoors at the Casa da Índia in Lisbon.
Casa Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkazɐ fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ]; "Fernando Pessoa House") is a cultural center in Campo de Ourique of Lisbon, Portugal. [ 1 ] History
In summer 2023, carmaker Porsche controversially digitally removed the statue from footage of Lisbon in their advertisement, with the statue's base still visible. In response to the controversy, Porsche apologized and pulled the advertisement, later replacing it with one that retained the original footage which depicted the Christ the King statue.
Antônio Francisco Lisboa (c. 29 August 1730 or 1738 – 18 November 1814), better known as Aleijadinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [aleiʒaˈdʒiɲu], lit. ' little cripple ' ), was a sculptor, carver and architect of Colonial Brazil , noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil .
Lisbon (/ ˈ l ɪ z b ən / ⓘ LIZ-bən; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [2] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [3] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [4]
The Portuguese royal court transferred from Lisbon to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in a strategic retreat of Queen Maria I of Portugal, prince regent John, the Braganza royal family, its court, and senior officials, totaling nearly 10,000 people, on 27 November 1807. [1]
Galeria Assírio e Alvim, Lisboa, Portugal (1996) “Céus”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (1996) Galeria Lídia Cruz, Leiria, Portugal (1994) “Aguarelas do Hospital”, Casa Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal (1993) Casa do Despacho da Ordem de São Francisco, Porto, Portugal (1992)