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viewed through any number
of glass panes, on two levels.

e Museu de Lisboa
Campo Grande 245. Tel 217 513
200. @ 736, 747, 750. q Campo
Grande. Open 10am–6pm Tue–
Sun. Closed public hols. 7
∑ museudelisboa.pt
Palácio Pimenta was allegedly
The impressive Oriente Station, located next to Parque das Nações commissioned by João V (see
p18) for his mistress Madre
q Parque das Nações promenade along the river Paula, a nun from the nearby
also offers delightful views, convent at Odivelas. When
Avenida Dom João ll. Tel 218 919 898.
@ 705, 725, 728, 744, 750, 782. q including of the 17.5-km- the mansion was built, in the
Oriente. £ Gare do Oriente. Open 24 (11-mile-) long Vasco da Gama middle of the 18th century, it
hours daily. 7 0 - Pavilhão do bridge, the longest in Europe. occupied a peaceful site outside
Conhecimento – Ciência Viva: Tel 218 Also in the area is the MEO the capital. Nowadays it has
917 100. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, Arena (see p143). to contend with the traffic of
11am–7pm Sat & Sun. Closed 1 Jan, Campo Grande. The house itself,
24, 25 & 31 Dec. & Casino Lisboa: w Oceanário however, retains its period charm
Alameda dos Oceanos. Tel 218 929 and the city museum is one of
000. Open 3pm–3am Sun–Thu, 4pm– de Lisboa the most interesting in Lisbon.
4am Fri & Sat. Closed 24 Dec. Cable The displays follow the
car: Tel 218 956 143. Open Mar–May Esplanada Dom Carlos 1, Parque das development of the city, from
& Oct: 11am–7pm daily; Jun–Sep: Nações. Tel 218 917 000. @ 705, prehistoric times, through the
10:30am–8pm daily; Nov–Feb: 725, 728, 744, 750, 782. q Oriente. Romans, Visigoths and Moors,
11am–6pm daily. Closed in adverse £ Oriente. Open Apr–Oct: 10am– traced by means of tiles,
weather. & ∑ portaldasnacoes.pt 8pm daily; Nov–Mar: 10am–7pm
daily. & 7 ∑ oceanario.pt drawings, paintings, models
and historical documents. Some
Originally the site of Expo ’98, Centrepiece of Expo ’98 and of the most fascinating exhibits
Parque das Nações is now a now the main attraction are those depicting the city
Lisbon hub. With its contem- at Parque das Nações, before the earthquake
porary architecture and family- the somewhat futuristic of 1755, including
oriented attractions, the park oceanarium was a highly detailed
has renewed the eastern water- designed by American model made in
front, which was once an indus- architect Peter Chermayeff, the 1950s and an
trial wasteland. The soaring and is perched on impressive 17th-
geometry of the platform the end of a pier, century oil painting by
canopies over Santiago Calatrava’s surrounded by Dirk Stoop (1610–86) of
Oriente Station set the tone for water. It is the Terreiro do Paço, as
the development. The Portugal second-largest Praça do Comércio
Pavilion, designed by the aquarium in the was known then (see
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza world, and holds an p49). One room is
Vieira, has a large reinforced- impressive array of devoted to the
concrete roof suspended like species – birds and 18th-century Indian toy, Águas Livres
a sailcloth above its forecourt. some mammals Museu de Lisboa aqueduct (see p86),
The Pavilhão do as well as fish and with detailed
Conhecimento – Ciencia other underwater dwellers. architectural plans for its
Viva (Knowledge and Science Four separate sea- and construction as well as prints
Pavilion) is a modern museum landscapes represent the and watercolours of the
of science and technology that habitats of the Atlantic, Pacific, completed aqueduct.
houses several interactive Indian and Antarctic oceans, The earthquake theme is
exhibitions. Also in the park is with suitable fauna and flora. resumed with pictures of the
Casino Lisboa, with two floors The main attraction for most city amid the devastation and
of gaming tables, an auditorium visitors, though, is the vast various plans for its reconstruc-
hosting theatrical and musical central tank with a dazzling tion. The museum brings you
performances and a range of variety of fish, large and small, into the 20th century with a
restaurants. Spectacular views swimming round and round. large colour poster celeb rating
can be had from the cable car Sharks co-exist peaceably with the Revolution of 1910 and
that links the Torre Vasco da bream, barracudas with rays. the proclamation of the
Gama with the marina. The The softly lit waters can be new republic (see p19).

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