Amazing Lisbon’s neighborhoods that aren’t in your travel guides
<p>If you have been in Lisbon, it is likely that you have seen the Assembleia da República (Portugal’s chamber of Congress) or the Basílica da Estrela. Well, not that far from those places, there is a little neighborhood that has survived the last waves of tourism. It’s called <em>Madragoa</em>, and it’s one of the most authentic and beautiful places in Lisbon!</p>
<p>José Saramago, a portuguese writer and Nobel prize winner, lived in Madragoa. About it, he wrote: “in one of the hillsides of Lapa, it’s Madragoa, named that way after the people of the sea (or “mar”, in portuguese) came to live here after the XVI century”.</p>
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