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OtherSinagoga Shaare TikvahShaare Tikvah SynagogueInaugurated in 1904, the Shaare Tikvah (Portas da Esperança (Doors of Hope)) Synagogue was the first synagogue built in Portugal after the expulsion decreed by King Manuel I, in 1496. Located in the centre of Lisbon, it has no (...)
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OtherSmall villages near Alcácer do SalSanta Susana villageNot far from the Pego de Altar dam, the village of Santa Susana (Saint Susan) holds quite some novelty: buildings in modernist architecture from the 40s. They were built by the benefactor, Henrique Louro Fernandes, whose monogram (...)
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OtherSouth and Southeast Station (Estação Sul e Sueste) - LisbonThe South and Southeast Station (Estação Sul e Sueste) is a river station located in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon, where you can catch the boats that make sightseeing tours on the Tagus. Next to Doca da Marinha, it is a point with history by the Tagus, (...)
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OtherSouto Moura won the Pritzker prize 2011The architect Eduardo Souto Moura won the Pritzker prize 2011, what is come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor. This is the second time on the history of the prize that a Portuguese architect has been chosen . The (...)
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OtherSports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2010 magazine in PortugalThe 2010 annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is out; and it features, for the first time, Portugal as backdrop to some of the most beautiful women and alluring bathing suits in the world. The Swimsuit Issue is the highest selling edition of (...)
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OtherSuggested visitsOne of the best ways of getting to know Santarém is by following one of the thematic tours. Those presented here have taken as their criterion the artistic movements that accompanied the city´s social and economic development. If possible, choose (...)
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OtherTeatro CamõesThe Camões Theatre was designed by the architect, Manuel Salgado, in respect for the guidelines designed for the public spaces of Expo ’98, which he also designed. Facing two buildings with a very prominent volumetry - the Pavilion of Knowledge and (...)
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OtherTeatro Carlos AlbertoThe twelve-year span separating the destruction by fire of the Real Teatro de São João (1908) from the opening of the new Teatro de São João (1920) meant a golden opportunity which the other theatres in Porto quickly seized. All of them carried out (...)
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OtherTeatro Nacional D. Maria IIFounded by Almeida Garrett, and inaugurated in 1846, the D. Maria II National Theatre, designed by Italian architect Fortunato Lodi, has a neoclassical architectural style. The Theatre was virtually destroyed by fire in 1964 and re-opened to the (...)
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OtherTeatro Nacional São JoãoBy initiative of Chief Magistrate Francisco de Almada e Mendonça and a group of private investors, the Real Teatro de São João was built from a project by Italian scenographer and architect Vincenzo Mazzoneschi. Officially inaugurated on May 13, (...)
