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Travel - Portugal

A few highlights and fun photos from Lisbon, capital of Portugal.
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A humorous sign for a public urinal in the Castelo barrio of Lisbon, Portugal illustrates a cutout figure of a boy taking appropriate action.
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A humorous sign for a public urinal in the Castelo barrio of Lisbon, Portugal illustrates a cutout figure of a boy taking appropriate action.

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  • Viewed at night, Belem Tower, or the Tower of St. Vincent, was the starting point for many voyages of discovery. Built in 1515 as a fortress to guard Lisbon's harbor, it is a symbol of Portugal and the Age of Discovery, and is a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
  • Belem Tower with a reflection at night. Sometimes called the Tower of St. Vincent, this was the starting point for many voyages of discovery starting in 1515. It was built as a fortress to guard Lisbon's harbor and is a symbol of Portugal as well as a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
  • Belem Tower, or Tower of St. Vincent, was the starting point for many voyages of discovery. Built in 1515 as a fortress to guard Lisbon's harbor, it is a symbol of Portugal and the Age of Discovery, and is a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
  • Night view of the April 25 (25 de Abril) Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal as seen from the Belem district. Completed in 1966 , this suspension bridge across the Tagus River is the longest central span in Europe. Originally named after dictator Salazar, the name was changed after the revolution of April 25, 1974.
  • A humorous sign for a public urinal in the Castelo barrio of Lisbon, Portugal illustrates a cutout figure of a boy taking appropriate action.
  • A wall of a ruined building near the Castelo in Lisbon has been defaced with various graffiti drawings. The windows frame additional drawings inside including a derivative portion from Migrant Mother.
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  • Lisbon's ancient cathedral was built by Portugal's first king on the site of an old mosque in 1150 for the city's first bishop, the English crusader Gilbert of Hastings. With two bell towers and a rose window, the facade resembles a medieval fortress.
  • A stone carving of an angel in white marble is highlighted against an old mortar wall of a church in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • A lion on a shield is carved into a slab of white marble. The shadow helps provide some contrast.
  • The Carmo Convent is a historical building in Lisbon, Portugal. The medieval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, and the ruins of its Gothic church (the Carmo Church or Igreja do Carmo) are a historic landmark.
  • The Santa Justa elevator, also known as the "Elevator of Carmo," was built to connect downtown Lisbon to Bairro Alto. It is 45 meters (147ft) high, and remains an interesting example of post-Eiffel Tower iron architecture.
  • A window on a building wall inthe Castelo barrio of Lisbon shows an old faded, weathered set of blinds and fragments of a curtain.
  • Square cobblestones, slightly polished from traffic, show a reflection from the sun at dusk on a street in the Alfama district of Lisbon.
  • The interior of an apartment building in Lisbon that is open to weather from the top and through open windows. Peeiling paint, cracked concrete and missing floors illustrate urban decay.
  • A view of Santo Estevao church in the Alfama barrio and the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal. In the foreground, an iron cross is an unused grapevine trellis.
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