LISBON and Surroundings (Portugal)

About This Group

Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal. The city between Americas and Europe. We want to welcome everyone to join this Group, to know the city and share their photos about this European capital.

Come and show us Lisbon through your camera:)

Photos accepted: arts, architecture, nature, theatre, tv, shows, sports, food, music, poetry, all that you can imagine that may enrich everyone’s passion for Lisbon. All surrounding areas are welcome, like Sintra and Cascais for example, and many others around the capital city. No politics, no nudity, no religion slogans.

Take a look at PORTUGAL Group too:)

You are Welcome, photographers of the World!
Start showing your beautiful work and sell!

Your Friends and Hosts,

Tereza Del Pilar . Host Founder
BaZZuka . Host
Afonso Azevedo Neves. Host
José Ramos . Host
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*Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with a population of 564,477 within its administrative limits on a land area of 84.8 km2 (33 sq mi).

The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 2.4 million on a area of 958 km2 (370 sq mi), it is the 12th most populous urban area in the European Union.

About 2,824,000 people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (which represents approximately 26% of the population of the country) and 3.34 million people live in the broader agglomeration of Lisbon Metropolitan Region (includes cities ranging from Leiria to Setúbal).

This is the furthest westernmost located large city in Europe. It lies in western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the Tagus River, about 320 km (198.84 mi) northwest of the Cape Spartel in Africa.

Lisbon is recognised as a Alpha World City because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism.

This is a one of the major economic centres on the continent, growing a financial center and can be found here largest/second largest container port in the “Europe’s Atlantic coast”, Lisbon International Airport serving about 13 million passengers per year, motorway network and hub of high-speed rail (Alfa Pendular) linking main cities in Portugal, and in 2013 will have a rail’s high-speed connection to Spain.

The city is the 6th-most-visited city in Southern Europe after Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens and Milan with about 2 million tourists a year.The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region in Portugal, GDP PPP per capita is 26,100 euro (it is higher results of 4.7% from the average European Union’s GDP PPP per capita).

Lisbon urban agglomeration has 9th largest GDP on the continent amounting 98 billion euro (34,850 euro per capita) in 2008 (it is higher results of about 40% from the average European Union’s GDP per capita). The city occupies 32th place of highest gross earnings in the World.

Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country is located in Lisbon area and is the 9th city in the world in quantities international conferences. According to analysis by lifestyle magazine Monocle, Lisbon occupies 25th place in the world on ranking World’s most livable cities. It is also the political centre of the country, as seat of government and residence of the Head of State. The seat of the district of Lisbon and the centre of the Lisbon region.

Lisbon enjoys a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate, and through strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream it is one of the mildest climates in Eurasia. Among all the metropolises in Europe, here are the warmest winters on the continent, with average temperatures above 15.2 °C (59.4 °F) during the day and 8.9 °C (48.0 °F) at night in the period from December to February. The typical summer’s season lasts about 6 months, from May to October, with an average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) during the day and 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) at night, although also in November, March and April sometimes there are temperature above 20 °C (68.0 °F) with an average temperature of 18.5 °C (65 °F) during the day and 11.2 °C (52.2 °F) at night.

Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world. Julius Caesar made it a municipium called Felicitas Julia, adding to the name Olissipo. Ruled by a series of Germanic tribes from the 5th century, it was captured by Moors in the 8th century. In 1147, the Crusaders under Afonso Henriques reconquered the city for the Christians and since then it has been a major political, economic and cultural center of Portugal.

Unlike most capital cities, Lisbon’s status as the capital of Portugal has never been granted or confirmed officially – by statute or in written form. Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention, making its position as de facto capital a part of the Constitution of Portugal.

Lisbon hosts two agencies of the European Union, namely, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), is also headquartered in Lisbon.

Lisbon has two sites listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site: Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery. Furthermore, in 1994, Lisbon was the European Capital of Culture and in 1998 organized an Expo ’98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition).

The city is candidate for the 2020 Summer Olympics.*
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