A bold tribute to the City of Seven Hills, Fado, and the Age of Discovery on the Tagus where Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and the westernmost capital city in continental Europe, spreads across seven hills above the wide estuary of the Tagus River as it broadens toward the Atlantic in a setting of extraordinary beauty where the light has a quality unlike anywhere else in Europe, a warm, luminous Atlantic clarity that dissolves distances and turns the terracotta-roofed cityscape of Alfama and Mouraria into something approaching a mirage of southern European perfection, where from the port of Lisbon in the early 15th century the Portuguese caravels set out under Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias, and Ferdinand Magellan to chart the coasts of Africa, reach India by sea, discover Brazil, and circumnavigate the globe, launching the Age of Discovery that connected the continents for the first time and created the first truly global trading network in history, where Fado, the melancholy, yearning song form of Lisbon born in the Alfama district and expressive of the uniquely Portuguese concept of saudade, the bittersweet longing for what is lost or absent, was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011, and where the azulejo painted tin-glazed tiles covering the facades of Lisbon's buildings, churches, and railway stations in patterns of cobalt blue create the most distinctive and beautiful urban surface texture in southern Europe.
Product Details
Size: 2"x2" (5x5 cm)
Material: Glossy film over photo paper print, metal frame, plastic base with magnet
Weight: 20g
Magnet strength: Strong, holds securely on fridges and metal surfaces
Made in Canada 🍁
Why You'll Love It
City Identity: Celebrate Lisbon's Age of Discovery and Tagus Fado Alfama azulejo Portuguese heritage
Perfect Gift 🎁: Ideal for Lisbon city lovers and Portugal Atlantic Age of Exploration culture fans
Versatile Display 🧲: Looks great on any fridge or metal surface
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