Lisbon’s Chiado District
Uphill from downtown Lisbon, the city’s stylish Chiado district is an area of cultural importance steeped in centuries of history.
Uphill from downtown Lisbon, the city’s stylish Chiado district is an area of cultural importance steeped in centuries of history.
Portuguese writing officially began in the 12th century when Henri de Bourgogne, father of Afonso Henriques, Portugal’s first king, brought with his court several French scholars and literary gentlemen.
One of Portugal’s greatest literary figures, Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa is posthumously regarded as the most extraordinary poet of his generation.