Lisbon: a city robbed of its soul

<p>The icing on the cake of the tragedy of economic crisis (after the hardship, broken families, incapacity to provide) is the depriving of an often overlooked factor of life :&nbsp;<strong>meaning and identity.&nbsp;</strong>If there ever was a city suffering of a deprived identity on the aftermath of economic crisis, it&rsquo;s Lisbon.</p> <h2>The easy going, mellow and melancholic character of the Portuguese does not help in this strangely present yet constant sensation that something is off in this city.</h2> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*odpav0Csd2ea9jk7Pg8SsA.jpeg" style="height:934px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Empty streets of Alfama</p> <p>Unlike Paris, Berlin or even Barcelona, Lisbon, much like Portugal itself, had been for most of the past 200 years off the main circuits of tourism. A mellow capital with a provincial feeling,&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/voxpluma-stories/lisbon-a-city-robbed-of-its-soul-b6e64a7a9e4d"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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