LISBOA, PORTUGAL

Lisboa Codes (Lisbon), the capital of Portugal and of Lisboa district, is the largest city of Portugal, and its cultural, administrative, commercial and industrial hub. It has one of the best harbours in Europe. The city was occupied by the Romans in 205 B. C. and conquered by the Moors in 714. In 1174, King Alfonso I, with the help of Crusaders, drove out the Moors, and Alfonso III transferred his court there around 1260. The city rose to great prosperity in the 16^th century with the establishment of empires in Africa and India. Plagued by earthquakes throughout its history, Lisbon retains some medieval buildings, including the Renaissance Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora, the Chapel of St. John, and the monastery at Belem. The University of Lisbon, originally founded in 1292 but transferred to Coimbra in 1537, was re-established in Lisbon in 1911. In 1966, the Salazar Bridge, one of the world’s longest suspension bridges, was completed across the Tagis, linking Lisbon with the Setubal Peninsula.