Lisbon was almost completely destroyed by the terrible earthquake of November, 1755. It was then restored according to the plans of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Marquês de Pombal, that would have promptly said: ‘it is needed to bury the dead ones, care for the living ones and rebuilt the city’.

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My visit to Lisbon was a dash: a 9-hour-long connection between Brasilia and Rome.