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Secret Lisbon - An Unusual Travel Guide

by Vitor Manuel Adriao

Let Secret Lisbon guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Lisbon guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New

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Let Secret Lisbon guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Lisbon guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike. The most beautiful hidden tiles of the city, the head of the serial killer Lisbon preserved in formalin, the Kabbalistic principles of the south portal of the Jeronimos Monastery or the theory of the fifth Portuguese empire of which we find so many traces in the geography of the city, charming forgotten dead ends, the outstanding panoptic architecture of a former hospital, the impressive wax masks from the Dermatology Museum, a secret passage at the hotel Avenida Palace, the mysterious abbey below Palacio Foz, the reason why the coat of arms of Portugal is inclined at 17 degrees on the facade of the Rossio station... Far from the usual crowds and cliches, Lisbon still keeps well-hidden treasures that it reveals only to the inhabitants and the travellers who know how to think outside the box.

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Let Secret Lisbon guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Lisbon guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike. The most beautiful hidden tiles of the city, the head of the serial killer Lisbon preserved in formalin, the Kabbalistic principles of the south portal of the Jeronimos Monastery or the theory of the fifth Portuguese empire of which we find so many traces in the geography of the city, charming forgotten dead ends, the outstanding panoptic architecture of a former hospital, the impressive wax masks from the Dermatology Museum, a secret passage at the hotel Avenida Palace, the mysterious abbey below Palacio Foz, the reason why the coat of arms of Portugal is inclined at 17 degrees on the facade of the Rossio station... Far from the usual crowds and cliches, Lisbon still keeps well-hidden treasures that it reveals only to the inhabitants and the travellers who know how to think outside the box.

Table of Contents

Vila Berta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The stars of Estrella d'Ouro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Saint Gens' chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Tavora Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Colegio dos Meninos Orfaos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21The curiosities of Menino Deus Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23The azulejos of the Belmonte Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24The cistern of Saint Michael of Alfama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Why does the El Rei Fountain have six water outlets? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27The symbols of Saint Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28The legend of Santa Luzia (Saint Lucia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Protection from fever or sore throats: the miracles of Saint Blaise . . . . . 31Why is Saint Blaise one of the patron saints of the Order of Malta? . . . . . 31The unusual capitals of Lisbon Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Principles of Sacred Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Lisbon Cathedral's "Holy Door" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36The sarcred symbolism of the Fleur-De-Lis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38The Pentagrams of the Cathedral Cloister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41The bird pillar in the Cathedral Cloister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Pillar of the souls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Roman stelae at Pedras Negras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44The magical "black stones" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Olisipo: Lisbon's version of the goddess Cybele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45The mysterious Cais das Colunas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Baixa Pombalina's Sacred Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Hermetism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50The seven sacred hills of Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Hermes Trismegistus and Hermetism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52The symbols of the equestrian statue of king Dom Jose I . . . . . . . . . . . 55The mechanism of the clock on Rua Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Fernando Pessoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Fernando Pessoa's table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59The symbols of Lisbon's triumphal arch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61The transfer of power - Translatio Imperii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Father Antonio Vieira and the Fifth Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Portugal: the "Head" of the " Body" of Europe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66The blazing eagle of Sao Nicolau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69The eagle: the only bird with double eyelids capable of staring directlyat the Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Rossio Cinema's Art Nouveau Facade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71The dolls' hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73The medallion of two joined hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75The Masonic salute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Why is an espresso called a bica in Lisbon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Painting of Bocage's arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77The Secrets of Tabacaria Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79The bust of Prince Albert I of Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79The last vestiges of the Hospital Real de Todos os Santos . . . . . . . . . . 80The panels of the Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83When Christ detached his right arm from the cross to bless liberatedPortugal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Panoramic view of Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Patio do Tronco tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Lima de Freitas' fifth empire panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Secret passage of the Avenida Palace Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89The sercrets of the Dom Sebastiao statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9117, Portugal's key number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Why was Portugal's coat of arms straightened? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Dom Sebastiao, the "Chimerical King" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95The underground abbey of Palacio Foz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Freemason Agapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97The symbols of Palacio Foz's Abadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97The underground passage of Principe Real Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101The azulejos of the Cardaes Convent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103From Portuguese azulejos to Dutch ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Atelier-Museu Julio Pomar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105An icon of modernism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105The forgotten palace of the Almada-Carvalhais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107The sculpture of Adamastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Santa Catarina: a Belvedere for the lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Palace of the Marquis of Pombal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Cagliostro at Palacio Sobral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Egyptian mysteries revealed in The Magic Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Cagliostro, an occultist who inspired Mozart, Goethe and AlexadreDumas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Palacio do Manteigueiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Domingos Mendes Dias, a true miser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Sebastianism and Messianism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Messianism and the fifth empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Fado: Portuguese identity linked to Sebastianism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Tombs of the Sebastianists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117The symbols of the tomb of king Dom Fernando I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Trinidade Brasserie's Masonic Azulejos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121The Saint Constable's magic sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123The Carmelites: an orde influenced by Hermetism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124The strange story of the Braco de Prata (Silver Arm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Royal door of our lady of the Victory of Mount Carmel Convent . . . . . . 127The five-pointed star of Grandella department stores . . . . . . . . . . . . 128The symbolism of the Pentagram, the five-pointed star . . . . . . . . . . . 129Epic of the Holy Constable Relics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Nuno Alvares Pereira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Tomb of the Countess of Edla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137The symbols of Carvalho Monteiro's Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139The Knights Templar: myth and reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140The Duke of Palmela's Masonic vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Fonte Santa dos Prazeres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145The interior garden of the Sao Bento Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147German Cemetery in Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148A secular German presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Francesinhas Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151British Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152The Mouse of Rato Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Calceteiro, a dying craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Lion of the star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Nativity scene in the Basilica da Estrela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Facade of Casa do Visconde de Sacavem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Casa Museu Sofia e Tomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163The high relief of martyr saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165In the odour of sanctity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Secrets of Nuno Goncalves' Polyptych . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Melki-Tzedek and Prester John: myth and reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Symbolism of the two-headed Manuelin Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Sao Jeronimo chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Manuelin Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Traces of the Kabbalah on Jeronimos monastery's south gate . . . . . . 179The Iberian Kabbalah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Dom Henrique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Symbols of the cell doors of Hieronymite monks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Joachim of Fiore and the three ages of the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Alchemy and the religious orders of the middle agesand the Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Chao Salgado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191The tomb of the Marquis of Pombal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192The mysterious fountain with forty spouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195The Pompeia Room of Palacio da Ega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197The origin of Stroganoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Institute for Tropical Scientific Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199The rotunda of Santo Amaro Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Who was Saint Maurus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Mystery of the ambulatory of the Knights Templar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202The five basic solids and sacred geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Templar inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208What exactly is the Baphomet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Machada Grotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211The garden of the City Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213The Eyes of the Owl in Cidade Universitaria Metro Station . . . . . . . . . . 215The ghosts of Beau Sejour Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Talia Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Symbols f the Palacio-Museu Marqueses de Fronteira . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Symbols of the Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223The head of Diogo Alves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225The "Diaphanised hand" of Lisbon's Teatro Anatomico . . . . . . . . . . . . 227The Andaluz Fountain bas-relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228The raven: the origin of the name "Lisbon"? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Saint Vincent, the saint of divine wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229The symbols of Saint Vincent's sea voyage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Pavilhao Carlos Lopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Symbols of the Marquis of Pombal Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Marquis of Pombal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Panoptic Pavilion of Hospital Miguel Bombarda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234What is panoptic architecture? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Secrets of Casa Dos 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239The ex-votos around the statue of doctor Sousa Martins . . . . . . . . . . 243Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245The wax masks in the Museum of Dermatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247The former Viuva Lamego ceramics factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249The lizard of penha de franca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Church of Sao Felix de Chelas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253The hermetic azulejos of Madre de Deus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Pietro Proserpio's mini-museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Village Underground Lisboa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Village Underground, a European concept on a roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Long Description

Let Secret Lisbon guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Lisbon guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike. The most beautiful hidden tiles of the city, the head of the serial killer Lisbon preserved in formalin, the Kabbalistic principles of the south portal of the Jeronimos Monastery or the theory of the fifth Portuguese empire of which we find so many traces in the geography of the city, charming forgotten dead ends, the outstanding panoptic architecture of a former hospital, the impressive wax masks from the Dermatology Museum, a secret passage at the hotel Avenida Palace, the mysterious abbey below Palacio Foz, the reason why the coat of arms of Portugal is inclined at 17 degrees on the facade of the Rossio station... Far from the usual crowds and cliches, Lisbon still keeps well-hidden treasures that it reveals only to the inhabitants and the travellers who know how to think outside the box.

Details ISBN236195236X Year 2018 ISBN-10 236195236X ISBN-13 9782361952365 Media Book Pages 240 Publisher Jonglez Edition 3rd Imprint Jonglez Place of Publication Paris Country of Publication France DEWEY 914.69420444 Format Paperback Series 'Secret' Guides Language English UK Release Date 2018-09-25 Author Vitor Manuel Adriao Edition Description 3rd edition Publication Date 2018-09-25 Audience General Replaced by 9782361956172 AU Release Date 2018-11-30

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