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                                                              Region: Southwestern Europe

Area total: 92,090 km

Coast line:  Atlantic Ocean

Capital: Lisbon

Monte Palace-Tropical-Gardens-Madeira

The Carmo Church is a historical building in Lisbon, Portugal. The mediaeval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, and the ruins of its Gothic church  are the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the city. Nowadays the ruined Carmo Church is used as an archaeological museum.

                                                                    Castle of Obidos

                                                             
                                                                        Obidos

                                                         Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra

Statue of poet António Ribeiro, the Chiado, in the Chiado Square. It was a humorous and satirical poet of the sixteenth century.

Ceramic tiles are part of the facade decoration of many houses in Lisbon. This tradition goes back to the culture of Moorish occupiers, polished in the Middle Ages of Andalusia from the Iberian Peninsula with stones (in Arabic "al zulaij" - Portuguese "azulejos") supplied. From 15./.16. Century the tiles came  from Spain and Portugal Mallorca ("majolica") and Holland's Delft.

                                                 
                                                              Train Station-Lisbon