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Historically, Portugal shared a Michelin Guide with Spain, however beginning in 2024, Portugal received its first-ever dedicated Michelin Guide. 2021 – 2024 list [ edit ]
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]
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.
He served as the chairman of Wolseley plc (2003-2010), DS Smith (2010-2021), and William Hill (2010-2018). [4] [5] [6] Gareth joined the Board of M&C Saatchi in 2020 and became Non-Executive Chairman in 2021. [7] He is on the Board of Gresham House Specialist Asset Management. [8] He is Chairman of Pod Point Holdings. [9]
The tower was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and included in the registry of the Seven Wonders of Portugal in 2007.. In the late 15th century, King John II had designed a defence system for the mouth of the Tagus that depended on the fortresses of Cascais and São Sebastião (or Torre Velha) in Caparica on the south side of the river.
The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640.
Originally constructed in 1598, São Bento has served as the seat of Portugal's parliament since 1834, when the former monastery of the Benedictine Order was dissolved after the Liberal Wars. During the Portuguese constitutional monarchy , the palace served as the seat of the Cortes Gerais , the traditional parliaments of Portugal , until 1910.
The college suffered severely from the earthquake of 1755, but continued its work. [3] It assembled an extensive belle-lettristic library in English over the second half of the eighteenth century, including works by Shakespeare, the earliest to reach Portugal and indeed the earliest known to have circulated in the Portuguese-speaking world. [11]