LISBON, THE CITY OF THE FRIENDLY BAY 



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The Lisbonese call 

 Read the reincarna- 

 t i o n of Vasco da 

 Gama. Pride in their 

 share in the historical 

 air voyage is only 

 equaled by their hope 

 that Lisbon will be- 

 come a leading air- 

 port for future trans- 

 a 1 1 a n t i c commer- 

 cial airliners. Who 

 shall say that such a 

 hope will not reach 

 fruition ? 



A PHCENIX AMONG 

 CITIES 



From the ship's 

 deck the whole water- 

 front of Lisbon was 

 visible ; twelve miles 

 of clean shoreline 

 stretched out before 

 us. To the west one 

 could see as far down 

 the coast as the green- 

 gold suburb of Pago 

 d'Arcos and the little 

 hill-town of Carca- 

 vellos perched above 

 it, although a mile or 

 two beyond. 



To the east, up the 

 Tagus, the eye fol- 

 lowed the city until it 

 swept out of sight in 

 a great bend to the 

 northward beyond the 

 noble buildings of the 

 Asylo de Dona Maria 

 Pia. In direct line behind the Ajuda 

 Palace loomed the "Paps," three hilltops, 

 each between four and five hundred feet 

 high — one topped by a beacon for the 

 benefit of mariners coming up the river 

 channel, and one by a wireless station 

 which keeps Lisbon in touch with the 

 world beyond the seas. 



Looking at the beautiful city, strung 

 out for miles along the heights above the 

 swiftly flowing river, one can scarcely 

 credit the fact that the cruel earthquake 

 °f J 755 all but wiped it out of existence; 

 that nearly all the buildings between the 

 Ajuda and the Castle of St. George have 

 been built since that date. Yet such is 



Photograph by A. W. Cutler 



A PORTUGUESE HOUSE DECORATED WITH COLORED TIEES 



Some of the patterns of these tile decorations look like the paper which 

 adorns a well-kept bath-room. 



Lisbon is a 



Phoenix among 



the case, 

 cities. 



Then came the sunset. Not a cloud be- 

 smirched the sky. Not a single brilliant 

 ray from that ruddy gold disk missed its 

 mark on the heights before us. The 

 splendor of the scene was heightened by 

 a background of rose-tinted summer sky. 

 No wonder the Moors coveted this region. 

 Their luxury-loving Semitic minds saw 

 in Lisbon, the "Felicitas Julia" of the 

 Romans, a new and opulent capital for 

 their growing European empire. 



Having gained possession of the city, 

 they dropped the Roman name and gave 

 it one of their own ; but it was still the 



