How did a monarchy and a dictatorship both fall in the same streets?
5 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Kings, dictatorship and carnations trace a political Lisbon you can follow on foot. These walks gather places where power was displayed, challenged or passed to different hands. From the monarchy to the end of a dictatorship, they ask what part the streets, and the people who occupied them, played in those changes.
In “Belém”: Palaces, presidents and a flag let you follow changes of power in a neighbourhood associated with other images of Lisbon.
In “Chiado and Bairro Alto”: The ultimatum at the Carmo and Celeste's carnation place the Carnation Revolution in particular locations and decisions.
In “Príncipe Real and Rua do Século”: The royal printing house and stories of censorship connect political power with what Lisbon could print and read.
Choose from 5 independent walks in Lisbon. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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This walk starts beside that same river and heads up through the city that was built on top: drawn with a ruler, with a wooden cage hidden in its walls and an arch that took more than a century to finish.
Palaces, presidents and a flag let you follow changes of power in a neighbourhood associated with other images of Lisbon.
Cais do Sodré has been a filthy beach, a quay for distinguished arrivals and Lisbon's roughest street.
The ultimatum at the Carmo and Celeste's carnation place the Carnation Revolution in particular locations and decisions.
The royal printing house and stories of censorship connect political power with what Lisbon could print and read.
Light over the Tagus, patterned pavements and streets that change gradient without warning. Lisbon rewards a mixture of walking, shade and a pause to look at the river.
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