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Lisbon

Lisbon. Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. A Really Useful Lisbon Resource. http://www.golisbon.com/. Portuguese is Not Spanish. Portuguese is Not Spanish. Lisbon Region. Cabo da Roca. Lisbon. April 25 Bridge. Vasco da Gama Bridge. Belem Tower.

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Lisbon

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  1. Lisbon Steven DutchUniversity of Wisconsin – Green Bay

  2. A Really Useful Lisbon Resource http://www.golisbon.com/

  3. Portuguese is Not Spanish

  4. Portuguese is Not Spanish

  5. Lisbon Region

  6. Cabo da Roca

  7. Lisbon

  8. April 25 Bridge

  9. Vasco da Gama Bridge

  10. Belem Tower

  11. Discoverers’Monument, Belem

  12. Jeronimos Monastery

  13. Central Lisbon

  14. St. George’s Castle

  15. Church of St. Anthony

  16. Cathedral

  17. Casa dos Bicos

  18. Casa dos Bicos

  19. Comercio Square

  20. Carmo Convent

  21. Sao Roque

  22. Sao Roque

  23. Sao Roque

  24. Oriente Station

  25. Lisbon, November 1, 1755

  26. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess de Pombal

  27. Marquess de Pombal • “Bury the Dead and Feed the Living.” • Organized refugee camps and imposed martial law • Conducted detailed surveys • Demolished old city and rebuilt on a grid plan • Designed earthquake resistant buildings • Flexible interior frame • Prefabricated • Firewalls

  28. Pombal’s Prefab

  29. Earthquake Refugee Camp

  30. John Michell 1724-1793 • Wrote on Lisbon earthquake in 1760 • Earthquakes due to “Subterranean Fires” (Magma) • Identified source as under the sea • Described elastic waves • Proposed using travel time to locate source • Speculated that faults may be involved

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