Did you know that the building that is today known as the Parliament of Portugal used to be a monastery?
In 1833, a cemetery was built in the Estrela parish to accommodate the victims of a devastating cholera epidemic that struck Lisbon.
It is located on Rua dos Correeiros, right in the heart of downtown Lisbon, and it originally started as a tailor shop.
Perhaps you haven't noticed a statue in the São Pedro de Alcântara garden, in Bairro Alto.
Have you been to the oldest garden in Lisbon?
You’ve probably heard of the Vasco da Gama bridge, or even crossed it. It was baptized with the name of the famous portuguese navigator, and it connects Alcochete to Lisbon and to Sacavém.
There is a neighborhood that dared to defy the architecture of the Salazar’s Estado Novo, when the country lived under a dictatorship.
What if I told you that, once upon a time, there was a crocodile in ... the Chelas neighborhood?
Museums have a lot of secrets. But some of those secrets are quite unusual. In the National Museum of Archeology, at Praça do Império, Belém, there is a mummy with prostate cancer!
Have you ever heard of the Lazareto de Porto Brandão? Maybe you’ve seen it from the northern margin of the river Tejo.
The communication and transport revolution began in the 19th century and in Portugal, one of the first steps happened on the 16th September 1856 with the installation of the first electrical telegraphic network, in Lisbon.
Avenue Almirante Reis is known for multiculturalism, different experiences that come together there. But where does this mysterious name come from?
Where did Fernando Pessoa, the portuguese poet known for his heteronyms, die? Do you know?
Berliners can be found in any café in Lisbon, stuffed with multiple flavors but they are especially famous at the beaches, where the sellers shout “Look at the berliner!”.
In Alvalade, nine friends united their love for the Bairro with their taste for cinema and gave life to a project that mobilizes the neighborhood's neighbors.
January 22nd marks another anniversary of the death of Saint Vincent, the saint that was once the patron saint of Lisbon and the Kingdom of Portugal, until he was replaced by Saint Anthony, today unbeatable in the preference of Lisboners.
There were times when the only women to appear in the streets names were queens, saints or characters of the city's daily life.
Lisbon has many colors. And colors tell stories. In recent years, some of the city's buildings have returned to their original colors, restoring an important part of their history, as was the case of the Santa Apolónia train station, the São Carlos Theater and the Queluz Palace.
In the spring, it is from the Tagus that we best see the purple mantle that invades the city of Lisbon with its jacarandas. And rightly so, because the Tagus has everything to do with the history of these trees - they arrived in the 19th century coming from Brazil.
For those who walk by Campo Grande it may go unnoticed, but around the 11 hectares of the renamed Jardim Mário Soares, there is a collection of games dedicated to mathematics.
This is a sweet little tart with a special place in Portuguese gastronomic and even literary heritage. It makes up the list of Portuguese desserts prepared with cheese and rivals another giant of Portuguese pastry, the pastel de nata.