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Lisboa | Baixa Pombalina

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Rua Augusta, view towards southeast (Praça do Comércio). This part of the town was completely reshaped after the 1755 earthquake. A regular grid was used as the basis instead of the organic layout before, and - what was rather new at that time - resistance to earthquakes was taken into account when planning and constructing the buildings.

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on Sunday 2 July 2017 by Martin Mergili
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