Chiado, Lisbon Shopping District

Chiado, Lisbon Shopping District

The Chiado is one of the most iconic and traditional city of Lisbon. Located between Bairro Alto and Baixa. In 1856, with the creation of the literary guild, a club of intellectuals of the time, Chiado became the center of Portuguese Romanticism, obligatory passage point for anyone who wanted to be known in the city. […]

Lisbon´s legend

Lisbon´s legend

Legend has it that the coast where  Lisbon is had a strange name: Ofiusa – which means “Land of Serpents.” The snakes had a very strange queen, half woman, half snake …  a sorcerer with a very sweet voice. Sometimes this queer queen climbed to the top of a hill and screamed, just so she […]

Mouraria Light Walk 18th – 20 July

Mouraria Light Walk    18th – 20 July

​​NOOR – ​​Mouraria Light Walk is an event of art and light that runs on the night of 18 to 20 July 2013 as the Moorish quarter, in Lisbon. The Moorish quarter was one of the first Muslim ghettos of European history. Constructed of backs to the river and therefore no sun most of the […]

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