PORTUGAL 



Necessidades Palace 



ISBON is one of the fairest cities of Southern 

 ' Europe, with an incomparable position and 

 many fine buildings. Here reigned Dom Luiz, 

 born in 1838, son of Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg- 

 Gotha and Queen Maria II da Gloria, daughter 

 of Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil. Their son, 

 Dom Carlos, Due d'Oporto, was literary, artistic, 

 and a keen sailor ; he had already gone round 

 the world as captain of the corvette Bartolomeo 

 Diaz. He was called to the throne in 1861, and 

 gave himself up to music (astonishing Rossini 

 by his skill in playing on the 'cello), painting, 

 literature, astronomy, and mathematics. He 

 translated the best Shakespearean plays into 

 Portuguese, contriving to preserve the spirit and 

 atmosphere of the original text. In 1862 he 

 married i Maria Pia of Savoy, second daughter of 



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