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Lisbon the city built on seven hills with the outlying areas known as Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. The beautiful city with stunning architecture, lot of water sports, shopping, concerts and the nightlife along the river banks. Some of the city’s streets are very steep for vehicles to drive up them, so three Funicular services and one elevator is provided.
Lisbon Attractions
The Royal Palace – the palace is also known as the Palacio Nacional da Ajuda and is built on the site of the original palace, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 1795. The best time to visit the palace is in the afternoon to enjoy the wonderful place.
The Basilica in Mafra – the biggest religious monument in Portugal built with some of the finest architecture in the world. The palace and the convent were constructed for more than 27 years.
The Mosteiro dos Jeronimos – one of the most important landmarks in Lisbon and construction started in early 15 th century but completed at the end of the century.
Museu da Marinha (Maritime Museum) – the museum is one of the most important in all of Europe and features over 17,000 items of the sea and 1,500 drawings of ships.
Fatima Sanctuary – the chapel is located at the Fatima Sanctuary built where the three Shepard (Jacinta, Lucia and Francisco) saw the apparition of Our Lady in 1917. The tombs of Jacinta and Francisco are also at the chapel and there re open air masses.
Portugal’s Estorial Coast – certainly one of the most beautiful and clean coastline in all of Europe.
The Belem Tower (Torre de Belem) – built in 1521 on the Tagus River looks like a miniature castle. The towers were further in the river but now it is close to the water edge.
St. George’s Castle – or Castelo de Sao Jorge, the beautiful and large castle is located on the highest hill in Lisbon.
The Botanical Gardens Jardim Botanico – the garden has beautiful plants and flowers from the tropics and hothouse, which has plants from the dessert. The garden certainly deserves some time to be spent here.
Lisbon Car Rentals & Lisbon News
ConCourt may pass Lisbon treaty verdict in Sept (Prague Daily Monitor)Prague, July 3 (CTK) - The Czech Constitutional Court could issue a statement on whether the Lisbon treaty is compatible with the Czech legal order in September already, its chairman Pavel Rychetsky said on the Interview CT24 television programme Thursday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:11:58 GMT
Sarkozy throws down gauntlet to Poland over EU treaty (AFP via Yahoo! News)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday urged his Polish counterpart to ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, despite Ireland's rejection, as France seeks to resolve the first crisis of its EU presidency.
Publ.Date : Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:13:35 GMT
Cyprus ratifies Lisbon Treaty (People's Daily)
The Cypriot parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty on Thursday despite the opposition of the main ruling party Akel. After a tense debate that lasted six hours in the 56-seat parliament, 31 lawmakers voted in favor of the European Un ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:42:18 GMT
Sweden to start ratification process of Lisbon Treaty (People's Daily)
The Swedish coalition government said on Thursday that it has started the process of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty of European Union (EU) by the Swedish parliament. The parliament will vote on the treaty when it reopens in the autumn, ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:42:48 GMT
The Lisbon Treaty is dead (Irish Democrat)
A statement on the Lisbon Treaty referendum result by the Communist Party of Ireland
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:14:00 GMT