What fell in 1755, and what city was drawn on top of it?
5 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Lisbon's earthquake can be read through what fell and the decisions that followed. This theme connects the disaster of 1755 with reconstruction and places that retained a different urban shape. Walking the routes lets you compare streets, memories and plans: rebuilding Lisbon also meant deciding how the city should be lived in.
In “Alfama, the Sé and the Castle”: The works at Santa Engrácia and the layers beneath the cathedral let you compare continuity and change in Alfama's buildings.
In “Lower Alfama: From the River to Fado”: A borrowed doorway and a parish that moved invite you to follow changes in buildings alongside the trades of lower Alfama.
In “Chiado and Bairro Alto”: The Carmo ruins place an interrupted rebuilding project within a walk that also follows other changes in Chiado.
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.
The works at Santa Engrácia and the layers beneath the cathedral let you compare continuity and change in Alfama's buildings.
A borrowed doorway and a parish that moved invite you to follow changes in buildings alongside the trades of lower Alfama.
The Carmo ruins place an interrupted rebuilding project within a walk that also follows other changes in Chiado.
A façade that withstood 1755 and the marquis's birthplace connect the walk with the earthquake and its protagonists.
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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