Lisbon Eyewitness Travel Top 10

[...]... 2005 Vote for your Top 10 www .Top1 0Guides.com 31 Lisbons Top 10 Left Mosteiro dos Jerúnimos cloister Right Carmo exterior Churches and Monasteries Jerúnimos ! Mosteiro dosmost important % Carmo 14th-century church The countrys The late monument displays the exuberant, almost oriental ornamentation that is a chief characteristic of the Manueline style (see pp1011) @ Sộ at a distance, Lisbons Seen cathedral... picked up on Italian style as well as including Manueline windows ) Rossio Station A nostalgic Neo-Manueline look back from 1892, with a hint of parallels to Art Nouveau Vote for your Top 10 www .Top1 0Guides.com 33 Lisbons Top 10 Left Gulbenkian, Lalique collection Middle Azulejo Right Centro Cultural de Belem Museums and Galleries ! Museu Calouste Gulbenkian The Armenian oil baron and art collector Calouste... information can lag behind archeological breakthroughs make a point of asking, and you may be treated to a glimpse of the latest find from Lisbons past For more Lisbon places of worship See pp323 13 Lisbons Top 10 Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbons Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is Portugals national gallery, a treasure trove of historically illuminating art Once associated with a certain fustiness,... Watchtowersthe You cant miss vaulted bottom level also used as a dungeon 16 cannon covered the approaches to Lisbon Lisbons Top 10 $ Dungeon From the towers Moorish-influenced watchtowers (below) Their domes are seated on Manueline rope-like circles and rise to a pile of small spheres reminiscent of the tops of chess pieces ^ Virgin and Child Sculpture & Rhinoceros Detail Each of the sentry boxes is supported... Pilgrimage 27 Lisbons Top 10 Left Lisbon recaptured, 1147 Centre Monument to the Restoration Right Birth of the Republic Moments in History Vasco da Gama ! 138 BC: Roman Occupation $ 1497: from Belộm Although they had reached Sails the Iberian peninsula in the second century BC, the Romans did not conquer its westernmost parts until nearly a century later The trading post of Olisipo, Lisbons Greek... and size Lisbons Top 10 one of Lisbons most exclusive locations, serves classic Portuguese and international food The interior was part of the 13th-century Alcỏỗovas palace, but sit outside if you can; the views are superb Ulisses & Torre de the inner In one of battlement towers, a camera obscura attached to a periscope projects images of the city The castle has a history of distant gazing: Lisbons... pp1213) Santa Engrỏcia Ê One of Lisbons most uplifting and convent of Carmo was one of Lisbons main places of worship before the roof caved in on All Saints Day, 1755, killing the congregation The attractive ruin, with its bare Gothic arches, has been left as a sombre monument to the earthquake d Largo do Carmo Map 00 10am6pm TueSun (OctApr: 10am5pm) Free Estrela ^ Basớlica da Lisbon landmark This domed... that all this beauty was hewn by human hands, belonging to individuals who occasionally got fed up? For more examples of the Manueline style See p33 11 Lisbons Top 10 Sộ Catedral Lisbons cathedral was built shortly after Dom Afonso Henriques had taken Lisbon from the Moors in 1147, and stands on on the site once occupied by the citys main mosque The crenellated Romanesque building we see today is a restoration... a potent symbol of their own era: an image of a steam locomotive, incorporated into one of the upper-level capitals 21 Lisbons Top 10 Palỏcio de Queluz Queluz is like a miniature Versailles an exquisite Rococo palace with formal gardens and parkland, just 15 minutes from central Lisbon Prince Pedro, younger son of Dom Joóo V, had it built as a summer palace in 174752 Thirteen years later, when he... transfer of assets between oil companies each time earning a five per cent commission He came to Lisbon during World War II, staying at the Hotel Aviz until his death in 1955 His will stipulated that a foundation be set up in Portugal to care for his vast collection and to support the arts 25 Lisbons Top 10 Sintra Recognized in 1995 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sintra was the summer retreat of Portuguese . y0 w1 h0" alt="" TT -Lisbon_ 001-TitleUK.indd 1 7/11/06 5:51:25 PM DK EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDES LISbON TOmAS TRANÆUS TT -Lisbon_ 001-TitleUS.indd 1 6/9/06 8:31:55 AM TT -Lisbon_ 002-003-Cont_UK.indd. ornament (left). TT -Lisbon_ 010- 011-Mosteiro.indd 10 6/9/06 11:38:56 AM TT -Lisbon_ 010- 011-Mosteiro.indd 11 23/7/06 1:56:15 PM For more examples of the Manueline style See p33 Lisbon s Top 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Entrance Stone. jack. TT -Lisbon_ 016-017-Parque.indd 16 6/9/06 11:42:26 AM                 Titles: Top 10 Lisbon (TD297) TT -Lisbon_ 016-017-Parque.indd 17 8/8/06 1:17:13 AM Lisbon s Top 10 17 Card