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Viewpoint, Highest Point in the City, one of the viewpoints with the best view over Lisbon. former Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Monte founded in 1147 and consecrated to Saint Gens, a bishop who, according to tradition, was martyred here. It was on this ancient Monte de São Gens that D. Afonso Henriques set up camp to conquer the city.

The current temple is located on the site of a church built in 1568, by order of Infanta D. Maria, daughter of D. Manuel I, to receive the reliquary of the virgin martyr Engrácia of Zaragoza and on the occasion of the creation of the parish of Santa Engrácia. This ancient church was built on the site of a mid-12th century temple, but was severely damaged by a storm in 1681. The first stone of the current building was laid the following year, in 1682. The work lasted so long that it gave rise to to the popular expression "works of Santa Engrácia" to designate something that never ends. The church was only completed in 1966, 284 years after its beginning, by express determination of the government of the time

Lisbon Cathedral, a building in Romanesque style, began to be built in 1147 when the city was conquered by D. Afonso Henriques from the Moors and was completed in the first decades of the 13th century

It derives its name from the old Porta do Sol, integrated into the Moorish fence of Lisbon, which existed in this location, ruined in the 1755 earthquake.
Portas do Sol, ancient entrance to the city walls
From the Miradouro das Portas do Sol, among several points of interest, we can observe the Church of São Vicente de Fora and the entire typical Alfama neighborhood that extends through several narrow and winding streets to the Tagus River.

Miradouro and Convento da Graça, at Miradouro da Graça where you can enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the city.
Behind the Viewpoint is the aforementioned Augustinian monastery, founded in 1271 and rebuilt after the earthquake.

Church of São Vicente, a church, began to be built in 1582 in the place where D. Afonso Henriques had ordered the construction of a primitive temple also under the invocation of São Vicente. This saint was proclaimed patron saint of Lisbon in 1173, when his relics were transferred from the Algarve to a church outside the city walls.

Typical Lisbon neighborhood, let's get to know its history, its traditions