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  1. Belém Cultural Centre: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    This stop replaces the imperial scenography with Portugal’s controversial construction project within the new Europe.

  2. Belém Tower: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    The finale will test the river fortress not by its decorative façade, but by one real attack.

  3. Bom Sucesso Dock: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    This stop will return the story from the stone navigators to the people who tested ocean navigation in the air.

  4. Cais das Colunas: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    The royal family's public route will begin here, designed to project calm and cut short at the edge of the square.

  5. Cais do Sodré and Pink Street: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    The finale will show how temporary paint became a permanent transformation of a former port street.

  6. Carmo Convent and Largo do Carmo: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    Here, traces of the earthquake stand beside the barracks where the government agreed to surrender.

  7. Castelo de São Jorge: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    The finale will bring the cathedral revolt and the fortress walls together in a single December denouement.

  8. Church of Saint Anthony: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    Here, a major urban catastrophe comes down to a domestic way of raising money for a shared shrine.

  9. Church of São Miguel: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    You will need the interior to hear not only the names of the craftsmen, but also the dispute over the price of work already completed.

  10. Commerce Square: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    The square shows what the minister and the merchants used to replace the vanished royal palace.

  11. Empire Square: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    Here it becomes clear which part of exhibition-era Belém outlasted the temporary pavilions.

  12. Fado Museum: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    A former utility building will show how performers agreed to entrust their craft to an archive.

  13. Jerónimos Monastery: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    This stop will link the royal burial place with the shore from which sea expeditions set out.

  14. Largo da Trindade and the theater: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    This stop shows how a private entrepreneur drew in audiences and changed the repertoire to follow their tastes.

  15. Largo de Camões: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    The monument helps trace how a literary anniversary became a test of mass organization.

  16. Largo do Calhariz and the Bica Funicular: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    This stop will explain why, after an accident, the engineers completely changed how the line worked.

  17. Lisbon Cathedral (Lisbon Cathedral): story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    This stop will show how city rumor and someone else's decision could turn the main church into a trap.

  18. Miradouro das Portas do Sol: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    This point establishes the route’s main theme: the vanished passage can explain the hill’s layout better than the better-preserved arch.

  19. Miradouro de Santa Catarina: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    Here, a vanished church, the hill's surviving name, and two monuments from different periods come together.

  20. Miradouro de Santa Luzia: story on the “Alfama: from Portas do Sol to Castelo de São Jorge” route

    Here the military frontier gives way to the story of how a church site can be lost for a century and regained.

  21. Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    Here, you will learn how an engineering failure left the city with a ready-made walking terrace.

  22. Monument to the Discoveries: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    Here, the permanent monument must be compared with its temporary exhibition original and its creator’s intent.

  23. Pastéis de Belém: story on the “Belém by the Tagus: monastery, monuments and a river fortress” route

    Here, a family product will open into the history of a closed monastery, sugar, and ownership of a recipe.

  24. Rossio: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    Here, the dispute over the constitution will move from parliament to armed townspeople.

  25. Rua Augusta and the Baixa grid: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    On the main street, you can see how officials compelled owners to fill in the new city grid.

  26. Rua Augusta Arch: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    Here you will trace how a disgraced leader of reconstruction was restored to the country’s official story.

  27. Rua da Atalaia: story on the “Evening Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Bica and Cais do Sodré” route

    Here you will see how the clientele of one bar gradually took over neighboring buildings and streets.

  28. Santa Justa Lift: story on the “Baixa and Carmo: rebuilding the city and its power” route

    Here, an engineer will turn the difference in height between Baixa and Carmo into a route for which passengers will pay.

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