LISBOA DESAPARECIDA
and many other books about PORTUGAL's capital
make MARINA TAVARES DIAS
the most successfull and talented
historian of LISBON.
Here is the first attempt to
tell you our stories
in English.
From LISBON TO THE WORLD

domingo, 15 de dezembro de 2019

It was Alis Ubbo to the Phoenicians, Olissipo to the Romans, Al-Ushbuna to the Arabs and Lisboa to the Portuguese. Today it belongs to everyone, and everyone can gaze upon its splendour from the viewpoint at Nossa Senhora do Monte and at the light, refracted by the river, which illuminates its hills and houses.