Step Into History
Walk Lisbon in 1550
AI rebuilds Lisbon (Lisboa) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Step Into History · City walk
Age of Discovery Lisbon, 1550
Lisbon in 1550 is a maritime entrepôt at the height of Portugal’s global empire, its riverfront crowded with carracks and the institutions that organise spice, slave and silver traffic. The walk follows the Tagus from the estuary across Belém’s Manueline monuments into the Ribeira’s quays and through the merchant streets, ending at the castle that watches the city and harbour.
35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Lisbon as it stood in 1550 (“History of Lisbon”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Mar da Palha
- 2. Torre de Belém
- ↳ River Tower Guard Chamber · interior
- 3. Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
- ↳ Monastery Nave of Santa Maria · interior
- ↳ South Cloister Arcade · interior
- 4. Belém Quays
- 5. Casa da Índia
- ↳ Royal Counting Chamber · interior
- ↳ Guarded Holding Chamber · interior
- 6. Paço da Ribeira
- ↳ Riverside Great Hall · interior
- 7. Terreiro do Paço
- 8. Cais da Ribeira
- 9. Spice Quays
- ↳ Great Cargo Hold of a Carrack · interior
- 10. Mercado da Ribeira
- ↳ Covered Spice Market Hall · interior
- 11. Rua dos Mercadores
- ↳ Merchant's Counting Room · interior
- 12. Rua Nova
- ↳ Goldsmith's Workshop · interior
- 13. Praça da Figueira
- 14. Rossio
- 15. Chiado
- 16. Largo do Carmo
- 17. Convento do Carmo
- ↳ Carmelite Choir · interior
- 18. Sé de Lisboa
- ↳ Old Cathedral Nave · interior
- 19. Alfama Lanes
- 20. Portas do Sol
- 21. Santa Luzia
- 22. Castelo de São Jorge
- ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior