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| Page Views: 599 Last Visit to Lisbon: 2000 | Parque das Naçoes (Expo 1998) by irisbe - last update: Oct 28, 2001 |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Most of the attractions are gone and the few that were remaining opened late, or not at all on Mondays... so better go visit it on other days. But we thought we could still walk around and have a look. The sea aquarium, underwater world, was open, but you had to sacrifice to wait at least 2 hours queueing to enter, we didn't. We only had a few days to spend in Lisbon and sure didn't want to spend it here in a queue. |
The tall ship was operational in 1962. It was modernized a few times since. It has visited harbours in 45 different countries. It weights 1800 tons and its mast is 45,1 meters high. It houses 9 officers, 17 sergeants and 113 people working on it, makes a total of 139. It has the capacity taking 63 cadetes with it for training. |
On the border of Rio Tejo, lay the N.E. "Sagres", a maritime training vessil ship. It is a beauty. Afterwards, checking my pictures, I discovered I haven't taken any picture of the entire boat, only details... but then... the details will feed your imagination and you can dream how the boat really lookes like. More information you can find at: http://www.marinha.pt |
Vasco da Gama tower: From here you can even spot the huge Statue on the other side of the river! |
Vasco da Gama tower, you can go up using an elevator and have a panoramic view of the area. If the weather is perfect you can see the airport in the North and the big red bridge over the Rio Tejo near Belém! You can even spot the huge Statue on the other side of the river! |
A view from above. In the distance you can spot the Vasco da Gama tower, at the left the premises of the Expo 98. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Railway station, Gare do Orientes, at the right the Marconi building, that looks like a huge ship coming towards me. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Railroadstation complex, Gare do Orientes, a piece of modern architectural art |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. The Gare do Orientes, a huge railroad station complex, a piece of modern architectural art. Here, train, busses, taxi's and, underground, the metro all meet. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Instead of waiting hours, we took the cable cabin and admired the panoramic look we got from this height. |
Instead of waiting for hours, we took the cable cabin and admired the panoramic look we got from this height. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. The huge bridge over the Rio Tejo. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Panoramic view on the area. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Public transport: the metro going to the Parque dos Naçoes is worth taking. I wished I could descent the vehicle at every stop. They where all so beautiful and each metro stop had it's own topic. This is one of the walls at the stop of the Gare do Oriente. |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. Public transport: the metro going to the Parque dos Naçoes is worth taking. I wished I could descent the vehicle at every stop. They where all so beautiful and each metro stop had it's own topic. This is one of the walls at the stop of the Gare do Oriente. This is a Hundertwasser, for those who know this artist, few urls where you can see some of his works: http://www.europosters.com/hunde rt.htm http://www.hundertwasserhaus.at/ http://www.hundertwasser.at/deutsch/hundertwasser.htm http://www.hundertwasser.de/ http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hundertwasser.html |
Parque das Naçoes. Here was held the World Expo 98. On the border of Rio Tejo, lay the N.E. "Sagres", a maritime training vessil ship. It is a beauty. Afterwards, viewing my pictures, I discovered I haven't taken any picture of the entire boat, only details... but then... the details will feed your imagination and you can dream how the boat really lookes like. More information you can find at: http://www.marinha.pt |
First thought is... you really need to know how to handle all those ropes! It was a magnificient view when you looked upwards. |
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adema29 Fri Feb 29, 2008 19:09 UTC
I like your page! Useful info and very nice pictures! | drolkar Mon May 8, 2006 09:26 UTC
A very complete page, this... Never been to Lisbon but hope to go one day ! :) You're right, I've been rather busy these past couple of years... :P... One of these days it'll be time for a rest! News on your side...? Ciao ! | Bwana_Brown Fri Apr 28, 2006 15:33 UTC
A great account of your first taste of Lisbon! It seems you had both good and bad experiences but came away happy! I agree with you, this fabulous city was a very pleasant surprise to me too!! | Jasen71 Tue Jan 10, 2006 20:34 UTC
Ola! This is a great page I must say so myself... Top Marks here.. Jasen |
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