Portugal — City Notes — Reading the City

Urban Figures (Lisbon)

In response to these steep slopes, Lisbon developed a number of ingenious and rather extraordinary forms of transportation, including several funiculars and elevators.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Lisbon, Portugal, EuropeComment

The City at Night (Lisbon)

It should not be difficult to imagine the sound of the night along the narrow streets climbing up the hills from the downtown Baixa.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Lisbon, Portugal, EuropeComment

Urban Bestiary (7)

During the more than four centuries of Moorish domination (AD 714 to 1147,) Lisbon was variously known as Luxbona, Lixbuna, Ulixbone and Olissibona, names that eventually morphed into the Portuguese Lisboa.