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Blast from the past: visiting Lisbon’s revolution sites from 1385 to 1974
For the anniversary of the revolution of 25 April 1974, the Museum of Lisbon – Teatro Romano – offered a free guided visit through the city’s most important revolution sites from 1385, to 1974.
Throughout Portugal’s history, Lisbon has been the centre stage of many coups, insurrections, and rebellions, which forever changed the whole country. So what better day than the anniversary of the revolution to travel back in time to Lisbon’s most iconic revolution sites and discover how Portuguese lives were changed for the better?
On a cloudy but warm Sunday morning, an intimate group of eight people met in the Teatro Romano museum at the top of a hill in the Alfama district with a view of the Tagus river, waiting for the cultural mediator to show us all the history the city has to offer. We meet Paulo Cuiça, a cultural mediator since 2014, specialised in Lisbon history . He starts off by bringing us
Room for art: residencies at Hotel Torre Guelfa
Hotel Torre Guelfa decided to make its rooms available to young local artists. Shuttered for several seasons due to the ongoing health emergency, the third floor of Palazzo Acciaiuoli is now an arts residency for a handful of Florentine creatives struggling to work in these months of unending confinement.
In the gallery, at home, with Christian and Florence Levett (Helen Farrell + Linda Falcone)
Former investment manager, now full-time art collector Christian Levett and his wife Florence recently moved to the city. Their central Florence home is an inspiring gallery in its own right, hung with abstraction art by women artists, alongside classical busts and lovingly framed family photos.
Museums and monuments ready to welcome visitors
Museums, palaces, art galleries, and monuments have all now reopened, following the second phase of easing of lockdown. A great relief for cultural workers, as well as tourists and Lisboetas.
According to a report from UNESCO, in 2020 museums around the world were closed for an average of 155 days, and since the beginning of 2021, many of them have been forced to close their doors again, causing a 70 percent drop in visitors, and between 40 percent to 60 percent drop in revenues, compared to 2019. After months of lockdown, re-opening museums and monuments will not only be a big relief to cultural workers, but also to tourists discovering the city, as well as Lisboetas ready to re-discover it.
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