Happy #Wednesdaywalk to all of you lovely people of #Hive and many thanks to the both hosts of this amazing Wednesday event, our beloved @tattoodjay and @elizacheng which are looking forward to amazing walks every week on Wednesday.
Above the rooftops of Lisbon
Adress: Rua do Ouro, 1150-060 Lisboa
Today I'll tell you a #secret. Just for all those who want to #travel soon or in future to #Lisbon.
Mostly this little tip is completely unknown to the #tourists here and therefore they pay extra entrance fee to enter the famous "Elevador de Santa Justa". You know what? Save yourself the 7 to 10 €, buy some coffee instead, I'll gladly tell you how to get up there without going the commercial way. Just like we all do here. So today we #walk the way a little bit together and I show you that this is even much nicer and cooler than getting in line and going away from the tourists.
(front view of the elevator)
(jup, some #black-white #photography is waiting for you too in this post)
(and #stickerart fans will love this area)
(back view of the elevator)
First we walk behind the #elevator, where you will find this pink #woman and the great "Big Trash Animal" from Bordalo II (two Pelicans). Feel free to check out my Monday #streetart post if you want to see this #Artwork. Just at this streetart of the two Bordallo #Pelicans you turn left around the corner.
Just go straight for a few meters, and you'll see a white metal gate aka #entrance on your right, where stairs go up. That's where you have to go in.
(I didn't photograph the #street because it was full of people, so I start at the stairs up)
Just walk up the stairs, then right around the corner, straight ahead and left again up the stairs.
Maybe when you visit Lisbon you will see the same #graffiti as I did. But it can also be that it will be painted over again, because from time to time old graffiti disappear and new ones arise.
Here just take the stairs to the top, and you will first see the wonderful building of the Carmo Convent (Carmo Archaeological Museum) and some ancient #ruins remains.
If you now just walk left and go up the stairs again you are already at the elevator and have a beautiful view over the roofs of Lisbon.
Oh yes, by the way probably noted. You are walking here on #portuguese #history.
(lovely view right?)
(lets see more of rhe Elevador)
(I was here on a sunny Sunday, 22nd of 2023. A perfect day and weather to go for a walk here)
(I just loooooove the view, hope you too)
(now lets chwck more details of the elevator and the Gothic style)
(to go up this stairs you have to pay a fee)
(some close-ups in #black-white)
back to #history
To be more specific, the Convento do Carmo is an old and former #monastery building of the #Carmelite order. It was built in the years 1389-1423 on a vow of the marshal Nuno Álvares Pereira.
The building complex also includes the #church Igreja do Carmo, which is considered by #architecture lovers as a prime example and a splendid specimen of Lisbon #Gothic.
The building was destroyed in the famous and great Lisbon #earthquake of 1755. Initially, even Queen Mary's restoration efforts stalled after the secularization of the monastic orders in 1834, after only one wing of the monastery was restored. Today it houses the headquarters of the Portuguese National Guard. Which is why you'll see smartly dressed men standing there, girls. Lol.
The #ruins of the monastery church now house the "Museu Arqueológico do Carmo". But we'll walk through there another Wednesday, I promise. Today I just want to show you the secret way up to the viewpoint of the elevator without paying for it.
It was not until 2016 that a long-needed redesign of the surrounding area was completed by architect Alvaro Siza, and it was through this that the viewing terrace to Rua do Carmo and a passageway through the backyards to Rua Garrett were first created. And now it looks beautiful here again. It is wonderful to walk here on sunny days.
(some artists are selling here their #Artworks and often some #musicians playing #music.)
(if you walk here you will find some cafés and seating options too)
(to proof where I came out...)
(lets go back... I wanted to show you the terrace too.)
(its artfully decorated with some metal #sculptures)
Oh yes, at the end some interesting information about the elevator.
The Elevador de Santa Justa, or also titled with its second name Elevador do Carmo, is a public passenger elevator, which connects the district #Baixa with the higher district #Chiado in the heart of Lisbon. Completed around 1902, this eye-catching and very distinctive cast iron structure was originally powered by a steam engine, can you imagine today? Hardly or? this old drive was replaced in 1907 by electric motors again. Let's see how this will be replaced in the future. Who knows where the technology still leads us.
Hope you had a marvelous Wednesdaywalk tooooooooo.
Your @akida aka TrinityArt
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Thanks so much for the tips 😉😎 one day… I will visit 😉
Happy Wednesday walk 👋🏻☀️🌺 great share.
Bigg huggssss 🤗🤗Such a cool tour around. Beautifully captured @akida 😊
Thank you my friend. Hope you are doing well so far? Miss your posts. 😭 Hope you can soooon post again with a gooooood internet connection.
Biiig biiig hugs 🤗💖✨😘🌞
I miss our chats. Will try to post some updates, hope to be somewhere this weekend a bit longer with wifi.
Catching up a little now on my notification.
Hope your week was great! Happy weekend my friend ☀️🌺😎
Huggsssss 🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Me without internet... 😅🤗🌺💯 Ok, so i don't be worried. Its only the missing internet. You are well and alright. 💕🤗😘 Hope you will have soon wifi oder a better internet connection. Sending you big huuugs.
Hahaha me toooooo 🤪 it’s crazy what one does on-line, and without wifi. It all stops.
Yep, all good… not to worry, just no proper internet. Working on it and it is on its way, hope they deliver soon the new package.
I managed to post a tiny post, but it took me 6 hours… to upload a few photos. Crazy 😝
Soon it will be better 🤞🏻🍀
!LADY Take care dear @akida 🤗🤗 huggssss
🤗😚🌺💕✨Gteat to know you are doing well. Was by the dentist.. Write more another day... Huuugs to yaaaa
Ouch… hope you are fine after the dentist. Never fun… I hate going hahaha 🤣
Take care my friend! Rest…
Biggg huggssss 🤗🤗🤗🤗Thanks a lot @akida 😊🤗
Thanks for the tip... Beautiful photos of the city and with the stickers and Street Art for sure, I'll go "your" way 😀
Enjoy your day
Glad you like it. Indeed, I prefer always the colorful streetart ways and hidden ruas more. ✨💕✨💕✨ Have a marvelous day my dear friend. Hive hugs to you
absolutly those pics are an amazing photos ! this elevator is amazing and all the rest of the pics, i confese that i don't was a Portugal particular fan, but this pic complety change my mind !
Thanks for the tour, love all the cool architectural detail
Thanks for joining the Wednesday, its always fun for me to visit the walks from all around the world, getting a feel for communities where people live and what they see on their daily walks
Thank yooouuuuu @tattoodjay for walking with me a bit around. Glad you liked it. Have a great day ✨🤗👍🏼✨
Lovely veiw all through! I love the street arts and sculptures😌. Thank you for talking us along with your walk. It was refreshing!
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Ola dear @esther-emmanuel ✨💕✨💕✨ glad you liked my walk today. Thanks a million for your support and feedback. Have a marvelous day.
Aww this is cool Akida, I love Lisbon and you need to show us more!
Thanks @tengolotodo ✨💕🤗✨ you know lisbon already? Sounds a bit like that. Let me know when you are around here 😊👍🏼 otherwise I have to post moooooooore to show you all and your tengo-gang💕
haha omg.. I was there a few weeks ago and I am just about to post few similar shots to yours :D
And yes, I found the way myself a few years ago, quite by mistake. Just walking around and ops... I was on top :)
The view from there is amazing.
@mipiano look :D
No way, hahaha, thats toooo funny. Can't wait to see your photos. 😍👌🏼💕✨ If I miss it please feel free and let me know when you post it. Amazing how small lisbon is, so we all are walking on different days around the same places. 🙏🏼💖💯 imagine we would stand side by side and didn't recognize each other because we don't know us in person. 😂😂 and next day we would post exactly the same... hahahaha. that would be really funny. 🤣🤣🤣 hope you have an amazing evening now my dear. Enviando-lhe um grande abraço e Beijinhos. Boa noite. 🌃✨🤗😘🙏🏼
Ok, I was one day late with posting, but you saw it :D
And I realized I didn't take a single shot of the elevator itself. I didn't even think of that! 🙈
Now that would be just hilarious :D But not impossible as you can see :P
I saw and read your post already. 💕🌺✨🤗 It was like going with you together the way. Biiig hugs for this lovely moment. Hive five and big hugs
I know... I wanna go back. Right now if possible!!
You see the stickers? ;)
Come come... there is more to see :D
Hahaha yea I see them now :p
And I think I will notice them a lo more from now on :D
So, do you indeed notice them more now? 😇
Lisbon! Spent there a few beautiful days a few weeks ago. Just wonderful place to be and enjoy all these views. I also saw the stickers and that one, the planet painting on the wall. The little heart shaped lock... I didn't achieve a good photo, but thanks to your post now I can live these moments once again in my memory. Thank you 😌
Beautiful photos btw!!! 😎
Aaaw, thank you for your kind words. See, now you have some memory pics. Super cool that you was here toooooo. 💕💕💕💕💕🤗✨ Hope you had a great time in lisbon. Feel free to let me know when you come again if you like. Maybe I can show you some places whixh you didn't saw last time ✨😊✨ Beijinhos my dear and obrigada for your feedback.
Oh, we did have a great time, and although I commented on your today's post, I am responding now to your comment from seven days ago, I am catching up with the old messages hahaha
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Thanks for sharing this insider tip. I didn't visit Lisbon yet but would like to go sometime and this looks like a great place for views over the city without paying a high fee.
@mypathtofire glad that I could give you a nice tip. Yeah its really lovely and instead of paying this fee get a delicious coffee and snacks and enjoy the view and place.
Aaaaw, thanks fkr your support. Thats toooo kind. Muitoooo obrigada.
Have a great day. ✨☺️🤗✨🌞✨
A beautiful place seem from the roof, the architectural form is interesting even though the building is old but it still funtions prooerty. Thank you. Happy day.
Ola @hsidik its such an incredible place. The vibes are super nice. Feels a bit like "prince of persia" (the Game). 😂🤗🌞💕✨ Hope you have the chance to see it in real too. Have a lovely day my dear. 🙏🏼 and. thanks for your feedback.
These images are beautiful. I really like that gothic style elevator
🤗✨🌞💕 I ilove this place and style too. Happy that you like it. Have a wonderful day.
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Yeah, I'd not want to pay that to ride an elevator either, if there was an option, regardless of how terrific it looks. This was my first time even hearing of such an elevator. It does look pretty epic though! I'm actually really enamoured by the pink woman. I tip my hat to whoever conjured that up.
Thank you for sharing! Loved this.
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AAAAW thanks. Glad you like it. You are always welcome here and have a great time in lisbon any time. 🤗✨💕💯👍🏼 I will show more parts of it surely. Thanks for the kind words and feedback. 🙏🏼🌺✨💕✨💕✨💕✨