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  2. Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lisbon metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Lisbon Metropolitan Area ( Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 18 municipalities is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union, with a population ...

  4. Lisbon - Wikipedia

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    Lisbon. /  38.72528°N 9.15000°W  / 38.72528; -9.15000. Lisbon ( / ˈlɪzbən /; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 548,703 as of 2022 within its administrative limits [4] and 2,871,133 within the metropolis. [5]

  5. Rua Augusta Arch - Wikipedia

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    38.7084°N 9.1368°W. / 38.7084; -9.1368. Construction started. 1755. Completed. 1873. The Rua Augusta Arch (Portuguese: Arco da Rua Augusta) is a stone, memorial arch -like, historical building and visitor attraction in Lisbon, Portugal, on the Praça do Comércio. It was built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake.

  6. Palace of Queluz - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Internet in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    In the 2022 DESI report, Portugal is recognized for its developments in Digital Public Services, ranking 14th among EU countries. The country experienced growth in e-government users, increasing from 54% in 2019 to 59% in 2021, yet it remains slightly below the EU average of 65%. In the domain of open data, Portugal achieved a score of 66% ...

  8. Lisbon Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    www .sedelisboa .pt. The Cathedral of Saint Mary Major ( Portuguese: Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa or Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Major ), often called Lisbon Cathedral or simply the Sé ( Sé de Lisboa ), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city, it is the seat of the Patriarchate of Lisbon.

  9. São Bento Palace - Wikipedia

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    Adolfo Marques da Silva, Cristino da Silva. The São Bento Palace ( Portuguese: Palácio de São Bento, "Saint Benedict's Palace") in Lisbon is the seat of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, the parliament of Portugal. Originally constructed in 1598, São Bento has served as the seat of Portugal's parliament since 1834, when the former ...