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Lisbon (/ ˈ l ɪ z b ən / ⓘ LIZ-bən; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [4] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [5]
The driest months, July and August, have on average two days of precipitation (4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) of which 50% is drizzle), and the wettest months, November and December, have on average 12–15 days of precipitation and around 127 mm (5.0 in). [20] December is the rainiest month of which half the days receive some form of precipitation.
The Pombaline Lower Town area covers about 23.6 ha (58 acres) of central Lisbon. It comprises the grid of streets north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle, and extends northwards towards the Rossio and Figueira squares and the Avenida da Liberdade, a tree-lined boulevard noted for its tailoring shops and cafes.
How to spend a day in Principe Real, Lisbon’s often overlooked centre of cool. James Litston. November 17, 2023 at 10:55 AM.
Getty Images. A bit of a history lesson: Alfama, the oldest neighborhood in Lisbon, dates back to the 8th century and is one of the only parts of the city that survived the historic 1755 ...
Bairro Alto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbajʁu ˈaltu]; literally: Upper District) is a central district of the city of Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. Unlike many of the civil parishes of Lisbon, this region can be commonly explained as a loose association of neighbourhoods, with no formal local political authority but social and historical significance to the urban community of Lisbon and ...
A new era began in Lisbon on 1 November 1755, All Saints Day, [250] when a devastating earthquake, one of the most powerful in recorded history, destroyed two thirds of the city. [ 251 ] [ 252 ] The first shock struck at 9:40 a.m., [ 253 ] [ 254 ] followed by another tremor at 10:00 a.m., and a third at noon. [ 255 ]
The 25 de Abril Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte 25 de Abril, 25th of April Bridge, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɨ ˈvĩtɨ (i) ˈsĩku dɨ ɐˈbɾil]) is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus River.