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Cabo da Roca is the western most point of mainland Portugal, as well as continental Europe. It is located in the parish of Colares, Sintra municipality and district of Lisbon. The place is visitable, not until the extreme but until a zone to the altitude of 140 m. The cable forms the western end of the Serra de Sintra, precipitating over the Atlantic Ocean. Luís Vaz de Camões described it as the place "Where the land ends and the sea begins" in "Os Lusíadas", Canto III. A stone pattern with a tombstone mark this geographical feature to all who visit this place. Its flora is diverse and, in many cases, it has unique species, being the object of several studies that also extend to geomorphology, among others. In the zone there is a lighthouse its a tourist shop. It is inserted in the Natural Park of Sintra-Cascais, in an area of easy access and of great tourist affluence, being many people who visit it. On Sunday it is usual to concentrate several g...

Carnaxide is the oldest documented land in Portugal. It was an old parish of the county of Oeiras, with 6.63 km ². The village was elevated on August 16, 1991. It has by the name of St. George. It was aggregated by the administrative reorganization of 2012/2013, being its territory integrated in the Union parishes of Carnaxide and Queijas. Carnaxide is the third oldest parish of the country, being mentioned in official documentation for the first time in century XIV, its origin dates back to century XIII. On February 13, 1597, D. Antão de Almada received from the King D. Philip I a Letter of Mercy from this parish, referring to it as his regiment. This parish was for many years the largest in Portugal, a place that currently belongs to Algueirão - Mem Martins, until it was divided in 1993 and separated from the parishes of Linda-a-Velha, Algés, Queijas and Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo.  Its main economic activity has been in the presence of a large number of l...

Centro Colombo is located in the parish of Carnide. It is built next to Avenida Lusíada and Segunda Circular. The bus terminal next to the building and the metro station of Colégio Militar allow visitors easy access to the place. It was inaugurated on September 15 of 1997. The name of the center is a tribute to Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator and explorer, responsible for leading the fleet that reached the American continent on October 12, 1492. The architecture of the space, as well as its original decoration, were adapted to the time of the Portuguese discoveries, one of the most important periods in the history of Portugal. The squares and streets inside the center have names alluding to the sixteenth-century period, such as the Avenida dos Descobrimentos and the Tropico de Câncer square. Between 2007 and 2009, the interior decoration of the center was completely renovated, mixing contemporary themes with the original ones. It has enough trade having gree...

Chiado is one of the most emblematic and traditional districts of Lisbon. It is located between Bairro Alto and Baixa Pombalina. In 1856, with the creation of the literary circle, a club of the intellectuals of the time, Chiado became the center of Portuguese Romanticism, a necessary point of passage for those who wanted to be known in the city. The writer Eça de Queiroz in his work "The Mayas" made great reference to the Chiado and the Literary Grémio. Chiado was divided by the parishes of the Sacrament and the Martyrs, two of the smaller ones of Lisbon, being now fully integrated in the new parish of Santa Maria Maior. In the 1980s, due to the change in the habits of Lisboetas and the opening of the Amoreiras shopping center, Chiado became decadent. In 1988, at dawn of August 25, between 3 and 4 in the morning, a fire broke out in the Grandella building, which was to take on great proportions spreading to seventeen buildings. The Chiado was destroyed an...

Bairro Alto is an old and picturesque neighborhood in the center of Lisbon, with narrow, cobbled streets, secular houses, small traditional shops, restaurants and nightlife venues. Built in orthogonal plan from the beginning of the 16th century, it was known as Vila Nova de Andrade. Its planning and construction are linked to the tsunami and earthquake of the Lisbon in 1755, according to Joaquim José Moreira de Mendonça. Since the 80's it is the best known area of Lisbon for nightlife, with countless bars and restaurants, along with fado houses. There were also numerous press agencies until the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. Since then, it has acquired a very own and characteristic life, where different generations cross in the search of nocturnal fun. It is also gradually becoming a place to live, with its population being renewed and rejuvenated. During the 19th century and until the third quarter of the 20th century, as I said befor, the neighborhood was h...

S. José is an old Portuguese parish of the municipality of Lisbon, with 0,33 km ² of area. As a consequence of an administrative reorganization, made official on November 8 of 2012 and which came into effect after the municipal elections of 2013, the parish was dissolved, passing almost all of its territory to integrate the new parish of Santo António, with only a small part attached to the new parish of Arroios.