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The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 17 cities in 18 municipalities , is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union ...
Misericórdia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌmizɨɾiˈkɔɾðjɐ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Misericórdia is to the east of Estrela, west of Santa Maria Maior, and south of Santo António.
The front of the museum with the Tagus river by its side. MAAT is a cultural project for the city Lisbon that is focused on three areas - Art, Architecture, and Technology.
100 Obras de Arquitectura Civil no Século XX: Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Ordem dos Engenheiros, 2000, p. 286, ISBN 972-97231-7-6 Afonso, João (2005), IAPXX: Inquérito à Arquitectura do Século XX em Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisboa, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos, p. 290, ISBN 972-8897-14-6
The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; Portuguese: Universidade de Lisboa) is a public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former University of Lisbon (1911–2013) and the Technical University of Lisbon (1930–2013).
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.
Coat of arms of the Misericórdia of Lisbon. The institution traces its official foundation to 1498, when Queen Leonor opened the Misericórdia of Lisbon. [1] Recently made a widow by the death of King John II of Portugal, the Queen had begun dedicating herself intensely to the sick, poor, orphans, prisoners, artists, and sponsored the founding of the brotherhood, based on the model of ...
The Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðju ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club Benfica , its owner.