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MAAT is a cultural project for the city Lisbon that is focused on three areas - Art, Architecture, and Technology. The €20m museum sits on the River Tagus (Rio Tejo) to the west of the city centre. [2] and "one of Europe's most lyrical new museums". [3] It establishes a connection between the new building and the Tejo Power Station, one of ...
Web Summit is an annual technology conference held in Lisbon, Portugal. [1] [2] Founded in 2009 by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey, Web Summit was held in Dublin, Ireland until 2016, when it moved to Lisbon. [3] [4] The conference's topics center on internet technology, emerging technologies, marketing and venture capitalism.
The Palace of Queluz ( Portuguese: Palácio de Queluz, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, [1] the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for ...
Praça do Comércio. The Praça do Comércio ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾasɐ ðu kuˈmɛɾsju]; transl. Commerce Plaza) is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal 's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m 2 (329,000 ft 2 ). Facing the Tagus ( Tejo) to the ...
The Lisbon Oceanarium ( Portuguese: Oceanário de Lisboa, pronounced [osi.ɐˈnaɾi.u ðɨ liʒˈβoɐ]) is an oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal. It is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo '98. It is one of the largest indoor aquariums in Europe [4] and approximately 1 million people visit each year.
The Águas Livres Aqueduct ( Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, pronounced [ɐkɨˈðutu ðɐz ˈaɣwɐʒ ˈlivɾɨʃ], "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but ...
1966. ( 1966) The Church of Santa Engrácia ( Portuguese: Igreja de Santa Engrácia, pronounced [iˈɣɾeʒɐ ðɨ ˈsɐ̃tɐ ẽˈɡɾasiɐ]) is a 17th-century monument in Lisbon, Portugal. Originally a church, it was converted into the National Pantheon ( Panteão Nacional, pronounced [pɐ̃tiˈɐ̃w nɐsiuˈnal] ), in which important ...
The Roman bridge of Alcântara. Detail of the Grande Panorama de Lisboa , a work in azulejo created by the painter Gabriel del Barco (fl. 1669-1701) preserved in the National Museum of the Azulejo, an important testimony to the appearance of Lisbon before the earthquake of 1755