LISBON
is also the stage for popular festivities, the place for exquisite shopping, exciting nightlife, and interesting museums.
Museums: Ancient Art, Chiado (Contemporary Art), Tile, Archaeology, Ethnology, Coach, Costume, Theater, Maritime, Military, City,
Gulbenkian, Modern Art Centre, and the Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Foundation. Palaces open to the public: Ajuda and Fronteira.
Churches: Cathedral (with Treasury); São Vicente de Fora; Conceição Velha (Manuelina), São Roque and Sacred Art; Madre Deus;
Santa Engrácia Pantheon (Baroque), and the Estrela Basilica. Shopping: Downtown; Avenida de Roma, Praça de Londres, Avenida Guerra Junqueiro, and Amoreiras. Nightlife: Bairro Alto and Avenida 24 de Julho.
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