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