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5 Para A Meia-Noite (5 to Midnight) is a late-night talk show that airs on Thursdays on the Portuguese TV channel RTP1 (formerly on RTP2). Its format is based on several American late-night talk shows.
Roma is a station on the Green Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station is located on Avenida de Roma , near the intersection with Av. dos Estados Unidos da América, enabling access to the Roma-Areeiro railway station nearby.
Evolution of the Lisbon Metro, 1959–2012. The idea of building a system of underground railways for the city of Lisbon first arose in 1888. It was first proposed by Henrique de Lima e Cunha, a military engineer who had published a proposal in the journal Obras Públicas e Minas (Public Works and Mines) for a network with several lines that could serve the Portuguese capital.
The first auto-da-fé took place in 1540. In 1492, King John II ordered the building of one of the most important civil and charitative infrastructures in old Lisbon, the All-Saints Royal Hospital (Hospital Real de Todos os Santos). The Hospital was finished in 1504, during the reign of King Manuel I, and occupied the whole eastern side of the ...
Roma-Areeiro Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Roma-Areeiro) is a railway station located in the city of Lisbon. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines, as well as the private operator Fertagus. [1] [2] It is managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
From an 1812 map, there existed in the Alto da Casa Branca in the Tapada of Ajuda an older observatory. [1]The observatory was born from great controversy between French astronomer Hervé Faye (1814-1902), then director of the Observatory of Paris, and Peters, an astronomer at the Russian Observatory of Pulkova, on the parallax of the star of Argelander. [1]
At that time, there were 27 tram lines in Lisbon, of which six operated as circle lines. As the circle lines operated in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions, each with its own route number, it is more correct to speak of a total of 24 tram routes, all of them running on 900 mm ( 2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in ) narrow gauge tram lines.
Time Out Market Lisboa opened in May 2014, [1] [2] and is the first of several planned food hall ventures for Time Out magazine.. The Lisbon market has around 36 restaurants and kiosks [3] selling regional specialities, such as Azeitão sheep's cheese, Alentejo ham, [4] custard tarts from Manteigaria, [5] shellfish and grilled fish, [6] wines and chocolates.