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Sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley outside DS Smith's former head office in Euston Road. DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging in Europe and the United States, with recycling and papermaking operations. The company manufactures packaging that is 100% recyclable, and has sites in 37 countries. [15]
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
The original city hall was built following plans by Eugénio dos Santos, during the reconstruction of the Baixa neighbourhood that followed the 1755 earthquake. On 19 November 1863, a fire completely razed the building. A new City Hall was built in the same location, with plans drawn by architect Domingos Parente da Silva, between 1865 and 1880 ...
Santa Maria Maior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ mɐˈjɔɾ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Santa Maria Maior is to the west of São Vicente, east of Misericórdia, and south of Arroios and Santo António.
The Belém Cultural Center (Portuguese: Centro Cultural de Belém) is a complex of artistic venues located in Belém in the city of Lisbon, Portugal.It is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal, with over 140,000 m 2 (1,500,000 sq ft) of usable space.
Coliseu dos Recreios (also known as Coliseu de Lisboa) is a multi-purpose auditorium with a capacity of up to 4000. Teatro D. Fernando was a theatre in the downtown Lisbon Baixa area between 1849 and 1860. Teatro do Ginásio was a theatre built in 1845 that mainly concentrated on performances of comedy shows. Damaged by fire in 1921, it ...
This is a list of cities in Portugal.In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
The €20m museum sits on the River Tagus (Rio Tejo) to the west of the city centre. [ 2 ] and "one of Europe's most lyrical new museums". [ 3 ] It establishes a connection between the new building and the Tejo Power Station , one of Portugal's most prominent examples of industrial architecture from the first half of the 20th century, and one ...