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Places to See Lisboa Region The Chiado in Lisboa | The Chiado in Lisboa |
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Take a stroll through Chiado, an elegant quarter that still maintains its 19th-century charm. Chiado is an elegant shopping and residential district, which enjoyed its truly golden period in the 19th century. It became the preferred meeting place of intellectuals and artists, such as Fernando Pessoa, Almada Negreiros or Eça de Queirós, and even today it is still frequented by art students. While you enjoy a "bica", the traditional Portuguese black coffee, perhaps in the company of Fernando Pessoa, on the terrace of "A Brasileira", one of the district’s most famous cafés, take advantage of your position to admire the post-earthquake Pombaline architecture and the baroque churches of Igreja do Loreto and Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, which are well worth visiting if only to see their remarkable interior decoration. Particularly impressive are the paintings and decorative azulejo panels that line the walls. Make sure to spend some time shopping. You’ll find countless clothes shops, others selling objects for the home, bookshops and florists... everything you could possibly need. You may also like to pay a visit to the theatre, one of the great Chiado traditions. The opera programmes of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and the Teatro Dom Luís are important landmarks in Lisbon cultural life. In the same district, make sure to visit the Chiado Contemporary Art Museum, where you will be able to see interesting temporary exhibitions of some of the most important works in Portuguese modern art. |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Lisbon 38°46′N, 9°11′W |
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| Official languages | Portuguese | |
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| Recognised regional languages | Mirandese | |
| Demonym | Portuguese | |
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |
| - | President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| - | Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Formation | June 24, 1128 | |
| - | Founding of the First County of Portugal | 868 |
| - | Battle of São Mamede | June 24, 1128 |
| - | Kingdom | 25 July 1139 |
| - | Recognized | 5 October 1143 |
| - | Republic | 5 October 1910 |
| - | Carnation Revolution | 25 April 1974 |
| EU accession | 1 January 1986 | |
| Area | ||
| - | Total | 92,345 km² (110th) 35,580 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 0.5 |
| Population | ||
| - | July 2007 estimate | 10,848,692 (75th) |
| - | 2001 census | 10,148,259 |
| - | Density | 114/km² (87th) 295/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2006 estimate | |
| - | Total | $229.881 billion (40th) |
| - | Per capita | $23,464 (2007) (34th) |
| HDI (2005) | ▼ 0.897 (high) (29th) | |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) | |
| Time zone | WET | |
| - | Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC0) |
| Internet TLD | .pt | |
| Calling code | +351 | |