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clinging to the hillside below rebuilt. It was
the Castelo de São Jorge. restored again,
The least strenuous way to along with parts
see this area is to start at the of the Santa Cruz
castle at the top and work your district, in 2006.
way down. Attractions on the The castle
way include the Museu de gardens and
Artes Decorativas (Museum narrow streets of
of Decorative Arts), which has the old Santa Cruz
its own workshops, and the district, which lies
sweeping views from the within the walls,
terrace of the Miradouro de are a pleasant
Santa Luzia. You could also place for a stroll,
visit, on a Tuesday or Saturday, and the views are
the colorful Feira da Ladra the finest in
(Thieves’ Market) in Campo de Lisbon. Visitors can
Santa Clara, to the east of the climb the towers,
castle, or the early morning fish one of which has a
market in Rua de São Pedro. camera obscura,
walk along the
5 Castelo de reconstructed
São Jorge ramparts, or stand The Sé, Lisbon’s austere 12th-century cathedral
on the shaded
Porta de S. Jorge, Rua do Chão da Feira. observation
Tel 218-800 620. @ 737. v 28. Open terrace. Within the castle’s outer of nine Gothic chapels in the
daily. & ∑ castelodesaojorge.pt walls there is also a museum ambulatory behind the altar,
and an archaeological site. contains two fine 14th-century
Following the recapture of tombs and in the Franciscan
Lisbon from the Moors in 1147, chapel by the entrance stands
King Afonso Henriques trans- 6 Sé the font where St. Antony of
formed their citadel – which Largo da Sé. Tel 218-866 752. @ 737. Padua was baptized in 1195. In
crowned Lisbon’s eastern hill – v 12, 28. Open daily. Cloister & the Gothic cloister behind the
into the residence of the treasury: Open daily. & Sé, excavations have unearthed
Portuguese kings. In 1511, Roman and other remains.
Manuel I built a more lavish In 1150, Afonso Henriques built The treasury, located in one
palace beside the river (see p344). a cathedral for the first bishop of of the towers, has a splendid
In the centuries that followed, Lisbon (Gilbert of Hastings) on collection of exhibits, including
the Castelo de São Jorge was the site of the Moorish mosque. the relics of St. Vincent. Legend
used variously as a theater, a Sé denotes the seat of a bishop. has it that his remains were
prison, and an arms depot. After Though much renovated over watched over by two ravens
the 1755 earth quake, the the centuries, the Sé has kept its on their journey to Lisbon in
ramparts lay in ruins until 1938, solid Romanesque facade. The 1173, hence the raven on the
when the castle was completely Capela de Santo Ildefonso, one city’s coat of arms.

View of the Castelo de São Jorge across the Baixa, Lisbon’s lower town

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