Learn more about Lisbon - one of the best cities in the world! No doubt!
Lisbon Azulejos - Terreiro do Paço
Lisbon
is the capital of Portugal and its largest city.
When you hear someone talk about Lisbon, that person is probably
talking about the city.
But he/she can be talking about larger
territories than the city itself.
That's because there are four different areas that we call Lisbon:
Lisbon in the Portugal Map
Lisbon is divided into 53 Freguesias (administrative local territories).
You can find me in any one of them but I sleep in São Domingos de Benfica (one of the 53 between Benfica, Carnide, Lumiar, Campo Grande and Campolide).
Lisbon Freguesias Map.
The Seal has also two ravens on the both ends of the ship representing two funeral sentinels guarding the Saint.
They are both pointing to the center of the shield. The boat is sailing
on seven wavy stripes green and silver.
The shield has a golden crown with five towers (indicating the status
of capital and city).
It has also a collar of the Ordem da Torre e Espada
do Valor Lealdade e Mérito (Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and
Merit).
Finally it has a white scroll with the motto "MUI NOBRE E
SEMPRE
LEAL
CIDADE DE LISBOA" (most noble and always loyal city of Lisbon) in black.
The current President (Mayor) of Lisbon's Câmara Municipal is António Costa elected by the PS (Partido Socialista).
A telephone area code means that you don't have to dial that certain code
when you are in that area, only when calling from outside.
All numbers are
to be dialled
exactly the same way anywhere inside the national territory.
The
previous telephone area code was the "21" and even now all the
telephone numbers (fixed line) in Lisbon start by "21".
Portugal
telephone code is the "351". Remember to dial the "+" signal or the
"00" to access exterior numbers from your country.
When in Portugal you
don't need to dial this code.