LISBON, PORTUGAL

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of the state of Portugal. In addition to the capital is also the capital of the District of Lisbon, the Lisbon region, the metropolitan area of Lisbon, and is also the main center of the statistical subregion of the Great Lisbon. Lisbon is the richest city in Portugal.

LOCATION

It is located west of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean. The city occupies an area of 84.8 km². The city limits, contrary to what usually happens in large cities, are well defined within the limits of the historical perimeter. This resulted in the creation of several cities around Lisbon, such as Loures, Odivelas, Amadora and Oeiras.

CLIMA

Lisbon is one of the warmest European capitals. The spring and summer are usually sunny. Autumn and winter are typically rainy and windy, with some sunny days. The climate of Lisbon, which is Mediterranean, is strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream, so the temperatures are milder and abundant rainfall.

MONUMENTS

In Lisbon there are some monuments that we can visit like the castle of San Jorge, that

occupies approximately 6000 square meters, the cathedral of Lisbon which is the most

ancient of the city or the tower of Belém that is a Franciso de Arruda's work.

FOOD

Lisbon is a country with a lot of gastronomic variety. In Lisbon we can find different

types of food: The meat of pork is the most consumed in Portugal so as you can imagine the pork is cooked in differents ways, a lot of variety of cheese. But it’s similar to mediterranean food.

SPORTS

The sports are very important in the culture of Portugal. In Portugal, football is the most important sport as happens in the most part of Europe but apart from this we can find other sports like canoeing cycling tennis athletics etc.