LISBON, THE CITY OF THE FRIENDLY BAY 



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Praca dos Restau- 

 radores, a lovely little 

 square, and Avenida 

 da Liberdade contain 

 in their names the 

 summing up of a 

 great epoch in the na- 

 tional life of the na- 

 tion — ■ Restauradores 

 and Liberdade — two 

 words meaning the 

 restorers and liberty. 

 The square and the 

 avenue commemorate 

 the heroic struggle 

 against Spain from 

 the 14th to the 17th 

 century, culminating 

 in the Portuguese 

 Day of Independence 

 on December 1, 1640. 

 ( The beautiful Obe- 

 lisk in the Praca, 

 ninety feet high, 

 mounted on a sculp- 

 tured pedestal and let- 

 tered in bronze with 

 the names of the prin- 

 cipal battles of the 

 restoration, is a na- 

 tional shrine. 



From this point 

 stretch avenues of 

 trees, myriads of flow- 

 ering shrubs, sub- 

 tropical plants, palms, 

 kiosks, bandstands, 

 flower beds, fountains, 

 rockeries, statuary, 

 promenades, grottoes, 

 and every appealing 

 construction and growth 

 only human beings, but 

 birds and insects. The 

 with the songs of 

 the drone of bees 



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Photograph b 

 PISH 



This scene was recorded before the "victims" became aware of the 

 presence of the camera man, and it is accordingly a true picture of 

 a phase of Portuguese life at the capital. 



to attract, not 



all manner of 



Avenida shrills 



birds and hums with 



butterflies flit among 



its vivid blooms and colored fish sport In 

 its pools and fountains. 



Bordering the Avenida are hotels, 

 theaters, cafes, shops, and, as one leaves 

 the vicinity of the Obelisk, residences and 

 clubs. At the north end of the great 

 boulevard is the immense circular Praga 

 Marquez Pombal and, just beyond, the 

 beautiful Parque Eduardo .VII, a veri- 

 table fairyland of trees, shrubs, flowers, 



and ponds. Farther out, by way of the 

 Avenida Antonio Augusto de Aguir, one 

 comes to the Zoological Gardens, perhaps 

 the finest in southern Europe. 



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At night the Avenida becomes a kind 

 of out-of-doors theater. Lighted by row 

 upon row of electric standards, it is used 

 as a promenade as freely as at noonday. 

 Band concerts are given nightly and beer 

 gardens are open for business in the vi- 

 cinity of the musicians. 



Delightful are the summer evenings in 

 Lisbon. Aside from the real enjoyment 



