Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal. It is also the largest city in Portugal. Lisbon has the population of about 564,657. The land area of Lisbon is about 84.8 kilometers square. The urban area under Lisbon is with the population of about 3 million. The area of urban administrative is about 958 kilometers square. Lisbon is considered to the ninth most famous urban area in the whole European Union. The population of about 2,831,000 people lives in the metropolitan [...]
Lisbon Cathedral (Sé de Lisboa) is a strictly Romanesque building with some exciting treasures of inside.According to legend, this site was home to a mosque that was converted to a cathedral after the city was conquered by Crusaders in 1147 (led by Portugal’s first king, Alfonso HenrÃques).That was a common practice in Iberia, there is actually no proof of buildings on the site before the King Alfonso.The cathedral was established around 1150. Large earthquakes in 1344 and 1755 defective the [...]
Portugal is officially “Portuguese Republic”, country is on Iberian Peninsula, it is located in the southwestern Europe and is westernmost country of the mainland Europe and it is bordered by Atlantic Ocean to west and by Spain to east and north. Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira and Azores are part of Portugal as well. Land is within borders of Republic of Portuguese that has been settled continuously since prehistoric times; earliest civilizations include Celtic and Lusitanians societies. The incorporation into Roman [...]
Praia da Marinha is one of the most beautiful and emblematic beaches of the Atlantic coast of Portugal. In 1998, it was awarded the distinguished “Golden Beach†award by the Portuguese Ministry of the Environment because of its outstanding natural qualities. Furthermore, pictures of the beach have often been used in promotional material and “Guides to Portugal†distributed around the world. This beach is famous mainly for its cliffs, but also for the pristine quality of the water. Advertising agencies [...]
