Page 46 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Lisbon

44  LISBON AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Restauradores

This is the busiest part of the city, especially the
central squares of Rossio and Praça da Figueira.
Totally rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755
(see pp24–5), the area was one of Europe’s
first examples of town planning. Today,
the large Neo-Classical buildings on R U A D A S P O R
the wide streets and squares house
business offices. The atmosphere
and surroundings are best absorbed
from one of the busy pavement
cafés. Rua das Portas de Santo
Antão, a pedestrianized street T . D E S A N T O A N T Ã O
where restaurants display tanks T A S D E S A N T O A N T Ã O
of live lobsters, is more relaxing
for a stroll.

R E S T A U R A D O R E S
P R A Ç A D O S

The Elevador
da Glória is
a funicular
that goes up
the hill to the
Bairro Alto as far
Palácio Foz as the Miradouro
This magnificent 18th-century palace de São Pedro de P R A Ç A
built by the Italian architect Francesco Alcântara (see p56). D O M J O Ã O
D A
Fabri now houses a tourist office. C Â M A R A
3 Praça dos
Restauradores
This large tree-lined
square, named after R
the men who gave their U
lives during the War of Restauradores A
Restoration, is a busy 1
through road with
0
café terraces on the D
E
patterned pavements. D Z M
E
E
O
Rossio station, B R
designed by José
Key
Luís Monteiro, is
Suggested route an eye-catching
late 19th-century
0 metres 50 Neo-Manueline
building with
0 yards 50
two Moorish-style
horseshoe arches.

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