Capital of Portugal
The city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, was founded with the name of Ulissipo by the Phoenicians, but shortly after it was conquered by the Greeks and Carthaginians.
And when it was conquered by the Romans, it became the capital of the Lusitania gained the name “Olisipo. ” Then, until the year 585, was part of the kingdom of Galicia, until the 711 was again conquered and changed his name in the latter case, it was the Muslims who called al-Usbuma.
Later, between 798 and 808, King Alfonso II recaptured the city for ten years, until it was finally conquered in 1147, at the hands of Alfonso I Enriquez, during the Second Crusade.
It was during the reign of Alfonso III in Lisbon when setting the foundation for Portugal’s maritime expansion. So, with the arrival of the fifteenth century the city’s port became one of the most prominent of the world.
Currently, Lisbon is like a big open-air museum, where tourists will find a different route of routes and points of interest to know, including: the squares and green spaces highlights include, for example, the call “Square Trade”, the most important of all the Portuguese capital. Also the “Plaza del Rossio, this scenario appears to be the busiest area of the city, with about the same abundance of bars, restaurants, shops, and everywhere people gathered. And finally, the “Marques de Pombal Square, located next to the Parque Eduardo VII, on the Avenida da Liberdade, in the far north.
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