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In 1916, after Portugal interned German ships in Lisbon, Germany declared war on Portugal. [427] In 1918 the Spanish flu descended on the city, killing many thousands and worsening the situation of the workers, who then revolted several times. [428] Sidónio Pais, the military leader and politician was murdered in central Lisbon on 14 December ...
Stockholm Center – A hamlet on US-11 near the center of the town. West Stockholm – A hamlet, formerly called "Bickneyville," in the western part of the town. The West Stockholm Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [5] Winthrop (formerly "Stockholm" and "Stockholm Depot") – A hamlet on NY-11C in ...
The city continued to expand and new districts were created, some with high proportions of immigrants. Meanwhile, the inner city went through a criticised as well as an admired wave of modernisation in the post-war period, the Redevelopment of Norrmalm, securing the city's geographical center as the political and business center for the future ...
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]
1768 – Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (garden) founded near city. [15] 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed. 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall. [16] 1775 – Equestrian statue of José I erected in the Praça do Comércio. [4] 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded. [7] 1780 Street lighting installed. [8]
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 ...
The city of Lisbon becomes the capital-city of Portugal. 1272: Afonso III conquers Faro from the Moors, thus removing all Muslim communities from Portuguese soil and ending the Portuguese Reconquista. 1276: John XXI becomes the first and only Portuguese Pope (died 1277). 1279: Dinis of Portugal becomes king. 1290: 1 March
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula , which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.