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ALFAMA

Locator Map
For more detail see p62

The spectacular cityscape, as seen
from the Miradouro de Santa Luzia

Beco das Cruzes is a steep cobbled
street, above which locals often
string their washing between the The church of Nossa
tightly packed houses. Senhora dos
Remédios, whose
Restaurants, hidden pinnacled Manueline
in the labyrinth of portal is all that
D A S C R U Z E S onto open-air original building
alleyways, spill out
remains of the
patios.
B E CO
B E CO D E S A N TA H E L E N A

R.DO CASTELO

R U A D E S Ã O M I G U E L B E C O D O M E X I A S

L AR GO DO
CHAFARIZ DE
DENTR O
Rua de São Pedro,
where a lively Largo do Chafariz de
R U A D E S Ã O P E D R O market is held daily Dentro, a public square
early-morning fish
named after the 17th-
century fountain (chafariz)
that was originally placed
B E C O D O P O C I N H O
outside the 14th-century
FINISH within (dentro) rather than
city walls
São Miguel was rebuilt
after the 1755 earthquake,
although it retains a few 0 metres 25 N
earlier features.
0 yards 25
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