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    The Baixa ("Downtown"), also known as the Baixa Pombalina (IPA: [ˈbajʃɐ põbɐˈlinɐ]; "Pombaline Downtown"), is a neighborhood in the historic center of...
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    Baixa Pombalina. The buildings are occupied by hotels, cafés, and several shops. It is also an important traffic hub, with bus and metro stops. Baixa...
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    Lisbon (section Baixa)
    the 1st Marquis of Pombal; the lower town began to be known as the Baixa Pombalina (Pombaline central district). Instead of rebuilding the medieval town...
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    evoking the reforms carried out by the Marquess looking towards the Baixa Pombalina, the area of Lisbon that was rebuilt under his direction after the...
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    (later succeeded by Carlos Mardel). The new city (mostly the Baixa area now called Baixa Pombalina) was laid out on a grid plan with roads and pavements fixed...
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    the creation of the elegant financial and commercial district of the Baixa Pombalina (Pombaline Lower Town). During the Peninsular War, (1807–1814) Napoleon's...
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    Lisbon's "new" Lower Town, known today as the Pombaline Lower Town (Baixa Pombalina), is one of the city's famed attractions. Sections of other Portuguese...
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    A gaiola pombalina (Pombaline cage; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɐjˈjɔlɐ]) is a masonry building reinforced with an internal wooden cage, developed as...
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    included the Castle of São Jorge and the rest of the walls of Lisbon, the Baixa Pombalina and various properties that were already classified as cultural heritage...
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    The location of the Santa Justa Lift, within the buildings of the Baixa Pombalina in Sacramento View of Castelo de São Jorge and Rua de Santa Justa from...
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