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Lisbon

Lisbon is a city best understood from above first, and then on foot. The sequence starts on the castle hill, looking over terracotta roofs to the Tagus, and works its way down through the lanes of Alfama, past the Sé and the roofless Carmo convent, onto the Glória funicular and the trams of the Baixa.

Then comes the long, flat stretch by the water: Praça do Comércio, the Cais das Colunas, the docks beneath the 25 de Abril bridge and finally Belém, with its tower, its monastery and its evening ferries. Look out for the tiles, the cats and the washing lines along the way. They are as much a part of the city as the monuments.

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Terracotta roofs running down to the Tagus and the 25 de Abril bridge Alfama's rooftops and São Vicente de Fora from Santa Luzia Tiled roofs and pale façades stacked up the hill in Alfama A sloping Alfama lane with wall lanterns and potted geraniums Washing strung beneath the eaves on Rua do Sol a Santana A cat keeping watch from a stone window ledge A palm tree over Alfama's roofs, the river beyond The fortress-like towers of the Sé, Lisbon's cathedral Visitors crossing into the walls of the Castelo de São Jorge Stone pines on the castle terrace, the Tagus beyond The castle on its hill above the Baixa, seen from Santa Justa The Carmo convent ruins rising above the roofs of the Baixa The neo-Gothic ironwork of the Santa Justa lift The roofless nave of the Carmo convent, open to the sky The Glória funicular climbing between pale façades A graffiti-covered Glória car on the steep cobbles The tiled panorama map at the São Pedro de Alcântara viewpoint Blue-and-white azulejos and red geraniums on Rua de São Bento A yellow tram coming down Rua da Conceição in the Baixa A tram on Rua do Arsenal, a few streets from the river Rossio's bronze fountain and the column of Pedro IV The Neo-Manueline façade of Rossio station Rua Augusta seen from the top of the triumphal arch The sculpted crown of the Rua Augusta arch against a deep blue sky Praça do Comércio almost empty in the early morning Lantern-hung arcades along Praça do Comércio Praça do Comércio opening onto the Tagus, ferries crossing A yellow-legged gull on a pillar of the Cais das Colunas Directly beneath the 25 de Abril bridge, looking along its span Tall ships and tugs moored at Doca de Alcântara at sunrise Rowers passing the old Tejo power station at Belém Anglers on the river wall by the Padrão dos Descobrimentos The Padrão dos Descobrimentos against a deep blue sky The Jerónimos monastery and its gardens from above Sunlight and shadow in the Jerónimos cloister The Torre de Belém in low afternoon sun Two figures silhouetted against the evening river A ferry at the Belém river station at sunset

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