Avenida da Liberdade (Lisbon)

The Avenida da Liberdade is an oriented on the lines of the Paris Avenue des Champs- Élysées avenue in Lisbon. It starts at the Praça dos Restauradores and connects after the earthquake of 1755 created sub city ( Baixa ) with the higher-lying neighborhoods in the north and was from the beginning of the 20th century in the Avenidas Novas continued.

History

After the earthquake of 1755 the Marquês de Pombal was first create the bottom of the Avenue today the Passeio público, Lisbon's first " public garden ". Despite its name this was, however, initially surrounded by walls and gates and only available to the upper classes. Only with the coming to power of the Liberals in 1821, the walls of the garden were removed, and this opened to the public.

The plans for the construction of the Avenida on the model of Paris Avenue des Champs- Élysées attracted because of the associated destruction of Passeio público first violent protests by itself, but a first portion of the Avenida was ( after construction began in 1879 ) 1882 100 death of the Marques de Pombal inaugurated. The Rotunda Marquês de Pombal represents a center of communication, of their Avenidas Novas, the branch.

The building of 90 meters wide and 1100 meters long Avenida in the style of the period and of Art Nouveau was due to the crisis-ridden 1900's political and economic situation of Portugal first part rather parochial character. In recent decades, numerous lower and insignificant but also individual valuable buildings in the wake of the economic boom of new buildings have gone from financial institutions and hotels. The trains running here once picturesque trams were replaced by a line was opened in 1959 the Lisbon Metro. With its palm trees and centuries old plane trees, the geometric patterns of the paving and the elegant shops, the Avenida remains one of the major roads of Europe, despite some transformation problems.