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Real Name: Rui
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Lisbon.....the love of my life

by Savana66 - last update: Mar 2, 2005

Incomplete.....very. More to follow..

Ok, ok, Im on holidays, so , I have the time to start building a Lisbon page. If In the future, anyone likes it, you must thank to Bonso because she is responsible one for me to actually start building it......BELIEVE me!!!
Thanks Bonso :-))

As I promised, Im starting to build it, which is going to take some time because if Im going to do it, it might as well be good. So, I guess its going to be big and it will take it some time to organize it. Please keep in mind that I cannot be distant when writing about Lisbon.
Im also not going to build a page with tips you can find everywhere else or in common travel guides, so I will try to add some alternatives too besides the "usual stuff".

A bit of history first.....

60BC Julius Caesar makes Olisipo (present-day Lisbon) the western capital of the Roman Empire
AD711-16 Moors invade the Iberian peninsula, eventually capturing Lisbon; under their rule, ‘Lishbuna’ gradually becomes an important town
1147 Afonso Henriques expels the Moors with help from the crusaders after the Siege of Lisbon
1150 The Sé (Cathedral) is founded
1260 Alfonso III moves Portugal’s capital from Coimbra to Lisbon
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas is signed, dividing the ‘new world’ between Spain and Portugal
1495-1521 Reign of Manuel I – Portugal’s Golden Age of wealth and power
1496 Jews are expelled by Manuel I
1497 Vasco da Gama discovers sea route to India
1500 Portugal discovers Brazil
1580 Spanish take possession of Portugal; Philip II of Spain is crowned Felipe I of Portugal
1 Dec 1640 Portuguese nobles revolt against the Spanish
1640-56 King João IV, first of the Bragança dynasty, rules Portugal
1668 Spain accepts Portugal’s independence under the Treaty of Lisbon
1 Nov 1755 The Great Earthquake; subsequent fires and tidal wave destroy most of the city centre
1755-56 Marquês de Pombal sets about rebuilding Lisbon and modernising the Government
1807 Napoleon’s army enters Lisbon; the royal family escapes to Brazil, leaving Portugal under the protection of Wellington and Beresford
1811 Napoleon’s forces are driven out of Lisbon
1821 King João VI returns from Brazil
1901 Lisbon’s trams begin operating
1908 Dictatorial king Dom Carlos is assassinated, but the Republican coup fails
1910 The monarchy is overthrown and King Manuel II takes exile in Britain
1932-68 Dr António de Oliveira Salazar rules what is essentially a police state as prime minister
Apr 1974 Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho leads the Movimento das Forças Armadas in a bloodless coup
1974 New government gives colonies independence; a partial result is a huge influx of refugees
1986 Portugal joins the European Community
1988 Fire destroys much of the Chiado district
1994 Lisbon is elected European City of Culture
1998 Lisbon hosts Expo98 (The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future)
1 Jan 1999 Portugal joins the European Monetary Union
2004 Lisbon hosts the European Football Championships

This quick history guide was taken from a common tourism guide, but I find it necessary to fully appreciate and understand the place youre visiting.

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Comments for Savana66 about Lisbon
irishgalmtl Fri Oct 6, 2006 21:17 UTC
 Hi there Rui, You are very welcome hope you are enjoying your special Day...Thank you for all your tips..Donna;o)
ncfg Sat Feb 19, 2005 21:28 UTC
 Great beginning :-) I will be back to see more.

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