Rui Fonseca's photos

Santos district

São Vicente de Fora Convent and Alfama, Lisbon's second oldest district.

Façades covered with tiles (azulejos) are a distinctive urban architectonic feature of Lisbon.

Don Quijote left his native La Mancha for some days, appointed Sancho to keep an eye on his household and came visiting us in Lisbon for some tourism. A distinctive visitor.

One of the highest gothic examples in Portugal, its construction began in 1389 under Nuno Álvares Pereira's orders. Partially destroyed by the 1755 Lisbon's earthquake the ancient Convent has neverthless not lost its charm. On the contrary, its ruins stress the beauty of this building and add to it a delightful aura of mistery and myth. Entering an ancient world! One of Lisbon's most irresistible places. Carmo district.

Art Nouveau in Baixa district.

A stroll through antique shops, gourmet bars and (always and still) 19th century architecture. Chiado district

Baixa (Downtown) is one of the first examples of a city conceived under the design of a team of architects under Marquis de Pombal's supervision. Perfectly rectilineal and wide streets were in the middle of the 17th century put in practise in the center of Lisbon. An inovation at the time. The very conception of urbanism was being born.

Almost black and white... And neverthless, the beauty of the gothic carries all the colours of enlightment. Carmo district