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What is the capital of Portugal? What are the famous cities? In what language?
Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and the largest seaport city in Portugal, located at the westernmost tip of the European continent. It covers an area of 82 square kilometers. Population 53.

50,000 (1999). To the north of Lisbon is Mount sintra. Tejo River is the largest river in Portugal, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean through the south of the city. Influenced by the Atlantic warm current, Lisbon has a good climate, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. The average temperature in February is 8℃, and that in July and August is 26℃. Most of the year is sunny, warm and comfortable. Lisbon has been inhabited by human beings since prehistoric times. 1 147, the first Portuguese king Alfonso I occupied Lisbon. 1245, Lisbon became the capital and trade center of Portugal. Lisbon's landscaping work is excellent. There are 250 parks and gardens in the city, with lawns and green areas reaching 1400 hectares. There are conifers, palm trees, bodhi trees, lemons, olives and figs on both sides of the road. The city is evergreen all the year round, and flowers bloom all the year round, just like a charming and fragrant garden. Lisbon is surrounded by mountains and waters, and the whole city is distributed on six hills. From a distance, the red tile houses with different shades and the green trees with different shades complement each other, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Lisbon has many memorial towers and monuments. Belem Tower, located on the Atlantic coast, was built in/kloc-at the beginning of the 6th century. At high tide, it seems to be floating on the water, and the scenery is moving. Geronimo Monastery in front of the tower is a typical Manuel-style building popular in the early 6th century/kloc-0, with magnificent spirit and magnificent sculptures. There are cemeteries of celebrities from all over the world in the yard, where Portuguese navigator da Gama and famous poet Camoanz are buried. The nearby navigation monument is beautiful and spectacular, and it looks like a huge sailboat sailing in the blue waters from a distance. The relief on the monument reproduces the heroic feat of Portuguese navigators who traveled around the world and struggled with the wind and waves. On the concrete floor of the square, a huge map of the world made by skilled craftsmen clearly marks the years, places and routes of Portuguese navigators sailing around the world, so that tourists can see the history of Portuguese navigation at a glance. Henry Monument is a stone carving galleon (Henry made great contributions to Portuguese navigation in the15th century). Henry stood at the bow, surrounded by statues of the captain, geographers, mathematicians, carpenters and other people who helped Henry. Pombauer Square was established to commemorate Marquis Pombauer's great contribution to the reconstruction of Lisbon, and a statue of Marquis Pombauer stood in the center of the square. Lisbon is a national transportation hub and the largest port in Portugal. The port area extends 14 km, where 60% of the import and export goods are loaded and unloaded. The traffic in Lisbon mainly depends on cars and subways. The subway was put into use in 1959, with 20 stations and an annual passenger volume of132 million passengers. In addition, there are cable cars and lift cars running on urban hills. Lisbon is an industrially developed city. The south bank of the Teju River has become an important industrial center in Portugal. The main industries are shipbuilding, cement, steel, plastics, cork, textile, paper making and food processing. Lisbon's shipbuilding industry is world-famous, and it can manufacture 300,000-700,000 tons of various oil tankers. It also has the largest dry dock in Europe, which can repair/kloc-0,000,000-ton large oil tankers. The annual ship repair volume accounts for 1/9 of the total ship repair volume in the world. Lisbon's tourism has played an important role in promoting the development of the capital into a modern city. The beautiful bathing beach along the Atlantic coast in the west of Lisbon is a famous tourist area in Portugal, attracting more than/kloc-0.00 million tourists from all over the world every year. Lisbon has become the largest tourist city in Portugal. Lisbon is the cultural center of Portugal. Lisbon University, a famous institution of higher learning, was founded in 19 1 1 year, and its disciplines include science, literature, law, pharmacy, medicine, psychology and education. Lisbon also has a higher technical college, a conservatory of music and an art college. Founded in 1796, the National Library of Lisbon has the richest collection of books in China. There are many museums in Lisbon. Carriage Museum has collected various royal carriages from16th century to19th century, such as four-wheeled carriage, royal chariot, sedan chair carriage, two-wheeled light carriage and so on. Kalma Church was built in14th century, and now it has become an archaeological museum. Folk art museum, displaying modern and ancient decoration and folk art, etc. The Guben River Foundation in Lisbon is the largest cultural center in Portugal and one of the largest cultural centers in Europe. It aims to promote the development of education, culture, art, science and charity, with a capital of over 400 million dollars, and is one of the largest foundations in the world. The foundation is located in Gubenjiang Park. The headquarters of the foundation is connected with the museum. There is an art exhibition hall 60 meters long and 17 meters wide, and a hall with 1300 seats. The acoustics of this hall are very good. Symphony, ballet, drama, film and meetings can be performed. Each seat is equipped with simultaneous interpretation equipment in six languages. There is a rehearsal room and several small and medium-sized conference rooms next to the hall. There are more than 3000 kinds of eastern and western cultural relics on display in the museum. Next to the museum is a library with100,000 books. Gubenjiang Foundation has played an important role in promoting the development of Portuguese culture and education and strengthening international cultural exchanges. Lisbon's annual city festival is a traditional national festival of the Portuguese people. On the night of the city festival, the whole city is decorated with lights and colored lanterns. On this day, all districts held a grand parade. In the parade, people wore colorful traditional national costumes and held paper lanterns painted with famous buildings and interesting life scenes of citizens. Main attractions: commercial plaza (Prakado

Comercio)/kloc-There used to be a palace here in the 6th century. The earthquake in 1755 razed it to the ground. In the center of the square is a statue of Yue Se I riding a horse, behind which is the Arc de Triomphe. The buildings on both sides of the square are government offices. The area between the Commercial Plaza and Rossio Plaza is Baitxa, a famous commercial district in Lisbon. In the west, there is a tower called Saint Guista, which is famous because it was created by the same designer as the Eiffel Tower in Paris. On the hill to the east of the square is the ancient Afama district, full of old houses, with steep and narrow streets and St. George's Castle at the top. Afama district is famous for its restaurants, bars and nightclubs, and it is a good place to enjoy nightlife. Some bars can also enjoy the famous local folk fado songs and dances. Shengbao

Jorge), an ancient and magnificent castle built on a hill, is a good place overlooking Lisbon. In Roman times, there were castles here. Portugal once lived here after having a king, and the royal family moved to the palace at the foot of the mountain and turned it into a military camp. Today's castle has only city walls and several buildings. Ziyou boulevard

, is the bustling commercial street in Lisbon. There are high-end luxury hotels, bank offices, restaurants, clothing stores and so on. The northernmost part of this street is Edward VII Park. Eduardo Park is the largest green space in the city. Built on a mountain, the top of which is a big fountain. Navigation Monument (Padrao dos

Descobrimentos) was built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry. The monument is shaped like a galleon with many statues carved on it. Henry stood at the bow, behind him was Gama, who discovered the route from Europe to India. Others were navigators, famous Portuguese historical figures, missionaries and scientists. There is a map of the world on the ground of the monument, engraved with the date of the discovery of the new continent. Bei Leita (Torred)

Belem), built in 1500, is also a famous landmark in Portugal. It is said that it is a tower, but in fact it looks more like an ancient castle, all made of white marble. There is a basement at the bottom of the tower. It is said that it used to be a water dungeon.

Geronimo monastery (Mosteiro dos

Jeronimos), a magnificent Goethe-style building, built in 1502, is the largest church in Portugal. The famous navigator Dharma is buried inside, and the sarcophagus is engraved with navigation marks. The cloister building in the backyard of the church is decorated with the theme of navigation, and behind the cloister is an elegant atrium garden. There are two museums worth visiting nearby, namely the Carriage Museum and the Navigation Museum. Aquarium (ocean

Pavilion is one of the largest marine life aquariums in Europe, with more than 15000 species of marine life. There is a navigation exhibition hall next door, showing hundreds of traditional sailboats from all over the world. Another museum of navigation knowledge has various models, instruments and audio-visual equipment, which can fully understand the development of ocean and navigation technology in past dynasties.