Lisbon

Lisbon
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Wappen der Stadt Lissabon Flagge der Stadt Lissabon
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Lage von Lissabon
base data
region: Lisbon
Unterregion: Grande Lisboa
governmental district: Lisbon
inhabitant: 517.802 (conditions: 2005)
Height ü.d.M.: between 0 and 226 m and. NN
geographical situation:
Coordinates: 38° 43 ' N, 9° 10 ' W 38°43 ' N, 9° 10 ' W
address of the city administration: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Paços DO Concelho - Praça DO Município
1100-365 Lisboa
Website: www.cm-lisboa.pt
E-Mail address:
Governmental district Lisbon
surface: 2,802 km ².
Inhabitant: 2.661.850 (conditions: 2001)
Population density: 950 Einwohner/km ²
number of municipalities: 53

Lisbon (Portuguese Lisboa [liʒˈboɐ]) is the capital of Portugal and the governmental district of the same name.

As the largest city of Portugal with the most important port, which seat of the government, which is highest state and government authorities, six universities and the academy of the sciencesLisbon the economical and cultural center of the country.

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Geografie

the city of Lisbon also and cover 83.84 km correspond to the circle ² surface with 517.802 inhabitants (conditions 1. January 2005).In the catchment area of the city (so-called.Área Metropolitana de Lisboa) among other things with the places Oeiras, Cascais, Almada, Amadora live however with approx. 2.683.000 (conditions 2001) inhabitants more than 25% of the Portuguese population.

The Baixa (dt. Lower part of town)directly of the Rio Tejo is and by the castle mountain with the Castelo de São Jorge, the Alfama and to the hill of the Bairro Alto is framed because of the bank. It is the business and bank quarter of Lisbon.

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geographical layer

Lisbonis because of a bay of the flussmündung of the Tejos in the extreme southwest of Europe at the west coast of the Iberi peninsula at the Atlantic.

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climate

Lisbon has direct Atlantic climate: Not to hot summers and relatively mild winters. The temperaturesfall only rarely under 0°C. Still more rarely snows are to be registered. The months with highest precipitation values are November until March (>100 mm).

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to be found to history further one detailed details also in the article history of Portugal.

Earthquake 1755,contemporary copper pass
Erdbeben 1755
Earthquake 1755
  • 16. Century at the beginning of the century is Lisbon with 350.000 inhabitants the largest city that at that timeadmitted world.
  • 1569 demand a plague epidemic disease in Lisbon and environment 60,000 human lives.
  • 1755 at the 1. November is destroyed Lisbon by a strong earthquake to two thirds (see also earthquakes of Lisbon). According to today's estimations it had the strength8,7 to 9,0. Contemporary sources indicate alone for Lisbon up to 60.000 victims. The vibrations are to be felt in completely Europe and North Africa. The city of the Mark count von Pombal is rebuilt according to plan. Particularly typically for this reconstructionthe Baixa, the lower part of town, is with its roads right-angled put on in the range around the Rua Augusta. Apart from the physical damages, which the earthquake causes, it shakes also the aufklärerischen and theistischen thinking directions of many philosophers, who the reason of theseNatural catastrophe do not see giving and their optimism up. Voltaire wrote quake its Poème as reaction to sur le désastre de Lisbonne (1756).
Lissabon mit Blick auf Castelo de São Jorge und Ponte 25 de Abril (dt. Brücke des 25. April) über den Tejo
Lisbon with view of Castelo de São Jorge and Ponte 25 de Abril (dt. Bridge 25.April)
over the Tejo
Satellitenaufnahme
plan of Lisbon around 1888
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traffic

by the situation at the Tejo was Lisbon long time of the south from only by vehicular traffic directly from Alcochete, Montijo, to reach Seixal and in particular Barreiro. Became accordingly early at the points of river close in Vila Franca de Xira in the north and Almada at the southern Tejoufer of the bay bridges built. The Ponte 25 de Abril (<math> 1013 m< /math> Span and <math> 2287 m< /math> Length) connected for the first time Lisbon with Almada on the Tejo south side. Starting from 1999 leads below thatAutoroadway also a railway connection. The a2 continue to lead then into the eastern interior and/or. to Madrid/Spain. With the Ponte Vasco Gama gives it up there since 1998 a direct motorway connection (A12/IP1) over the bay between Moscavide/Sacavémthe right and Montijo/Alcochete, and/or. Setúbal with its industries on the left side of the Tejo.

The famous “28er”

northern goes with the motorway A8 a connection to Leiria and the A1 leads at the coast along toafter postage, the secondarymost important center of the country.

The international airport Lisbon Portela is appropriate for 6 km north of the center and in the extension of the motorway A12.

The ÖPNV becomes mainly of the Carris (Companhia DOS Carris de Ferro de Lisboa)and the Metropolitano de Lisboa taken over. The Carris serves over 100 Buslinien and not least several streetcars. Among them is also the line 28. Traffic partly becomes with historical cars (pt. Eléctricos) undertaken. Besides it operates inthe city four Elevadores (dt. Elevators): three endless rope haulage systems and a perpendicularly driving elevator, the Elevador de Santa Justa. The Metro serves four lines, which partly lead beyond the city.

Die alten Straßenbahnen sind typisch für das Stadtbild
The old streetcars are typical for the townscape
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education and science

Lisbon are beside Coimbra the most important university town in Portugal and have several universities:

  • Universidade de Lisboa (based 1290) belongs to the oldest universities in Europe
  • Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (based 1931) technical University of
  • Universidade new factsde Lisboa (based 1973) the third national University of
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa Lisboa (based 1968) catholic private-university
  • Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (based 1986) private-university
  • Universidade Internacional de Lisboa (based 1984) private-university
  • Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa private-university
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culture

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music

one of the traditional kinds of music in Lisbon is the Fado, usually with pain-courageous basic tendency sung and with a Guitarra accompanies.

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Parque

the Nações (Ozeanarium) in Lisbon in

Lisbon there are museums numerous museums, under it:

  • Museu de Calouste Gulbenkian - Gulbenkian museum
  • Museu Escola of the Artes Decorativas - museum for applied art
  • Museu Nacional DO Azulejo - tile museum
  • Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga - national art gallery
  • Museu there Marinha - naval museum
  • Museu Nacional DOS Coches - Kutschenmuseum
  • Museu DO Chiado - modern trend art
  • Museu Nacional de Arqueologia - archaeology museum
  • Museu there Carris - streetcar museum Lisbon
  • Museu DO Design - Design museum Lisbon
  • Museu de electricidade - electricity museum in an old coal-fired power station on the Tejo bank
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Theatre

  • Teatro Municipal de São Luiz - urban theatre in the quarter Chiado directly beside the opera São Carlo
  • Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II - national theatre Dona Maria at the Lissabonner Rossio
  • Teatro Nacional de São Carlo - the Lissabonner operain the quarter Chiado
  • Teatro there Trindade - classical theatre in the quarter Chiado
  • Teatro there Cornucópia - experimental theatre in the quarter Bairro Alto
  • Teatro Camões in the Parque the Nações in the quarter Oriente
  • Casino Estoril - gaming house in Estoril (revue theatre and concerts)
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sport

in the stages Luz and José Alvalade XXI. several plays of the football European championship took place 2004 .

  • José Alvalade stadium of the football club Sporting Clube de Portugal (see: Sporting Lisbon), (venue of the football European championship 2004)
  • Estádio there Luz of the football club Sport Lisboa e Benfica (see: Benfica Lisbon), (venue of the football European championship 2004) has 65,000 spectator places and was venue for the final of the European championship 2004.

At the end of December 2005 began the well-known Rallye Dakar for the first time in the capital of Portugal.

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municipalities

Lisbon is subdivided in 53 municipalities (freguesias), which are assigned to four districts (bairros) again for administrative reasons:

  • 1. Bairro: Castelo, Coração de Jesus, Encarnação, Graça, Madalena, Mártires, Mercês, Pena, Sacramento, Santa Catarina, Santa Engrácia, Santa Justa, Santiago, Santo Estêvão, São Cristóvão e São Lourenço, São José, São Mamede, São Miguel, São Nicolau, São Paulo, São Vicente de Fora, Sé, Socorro
  • 2. Bairro: Ajuda, Alcântara, Anjos, Lapa, Prazeres, Santa Isabel, Santa Maria de Belém, Santo Condestável, Santos o Velho, São Francisco Xavier
  • 3. Bairro: Alvalade, Ameixoeira, Benfica, Campo Grande, Campolide, Carnide, Charneca, Lumiar, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, São Domingos de Benfica, São João de Brito, São Sebastião there Pedreira
  • 4. Bairro: Alto DO Pina, Beato, Marvila, Penha de França, Santa Maria DOS Olivais, São João, São João de Deus, São Jorge de Arroios
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objects of interest

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of sons and daughters of the city

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of kings

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politician

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further

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of twin cities

Lisbon maintains partnerships between cities with the following cities:

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Web on the left of

Wiktionary: Lisbon - word origin, synonyms and translations
Commons: Lisbon - pictures, videos and/or audio files
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Sources

 

  > German to English > de.wikipedia.org (Machine translated into English)