Chiado

Chiado [' ʃjadu ] is a historic district in the Portuguese capital Lisbon and is located in the western Upper Town, near the Bairro Alto. The neighborhood was until the early 20th century meeting place for writers and artists. Often only the elegant shopping street Rua Garrett is called the center of the district as Chiado. Previously, the Chiado one of the city outputs to the estates and convents around. The district is located in the municipality of Santa Maria Maior.

The current name of the neighborhood dates from the 16th century. He recalls the poet António Ribeiro (1520-1591) or Gaspar Dias, the former operator of a public house in the Rua Andrade Paiva. Both were known by the nickname Chiado, which meant so much as smart or devious in the 16th century.

António Ribeiro was originally a Franciscan monk from Évora, who settled as a friend of Luís de Camões in Lisbon and earned a voice imitator and ventriloquist his livelihood. He became known as irreverent and mocking poet - 1925 a bronze statue of him was erected.

The fire of 1988

On August 25, 1988, a massive fire broke out in the warehouses of Grand Ella, which covers about two acres of the Chiado, primarily on the Rua do Carmo, expanded. The Lisbon City Council authorize the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira Portuenser with the guidance of a most faithful restoration of the destroyed part of the city, while preserving the exterior facades and a complete redesign with modern buildings. Designed by the same architect of the subway station Baixa- Chiado.

Since 1986, the city of Lisbon Trindade leads the tavern Cervejaria as in Chiado in their heritage register.