Lowry (DD 770) - Naval Cruise Book

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Rising from what was once nearly barren land, the a pride to any city. This is London Plaza, surrounded newer sections of Lisbon, still being built, would be by many fine apartments. Lisbon the luxurious The Caste1o de Sao Jorge,' or St. George a Moorish citadel which tops the old town, built on . . . g m parts still mount many old cannons which once site of Phoenician and Roman settlements. Its ra -

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lustrous Lisbon :nf One of the many modern churches being built in the beautiful new sections of Lisbon. Overlooking the city of Lisbon and the Tagus River the ramparts of St George Castle Portugal, captured Lisbon from the Moors with the help of the French, English, and German Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land, In 1256, when King Alfonso III moved his court from Coimbra to Lisbon, the city became the capital of Portugal and began to gain rapidly in social and economic prestige. After the discov- eries of the great Portuguese explorers, Lisbon became one of the wealthiest and most magni- ficent cities in the world. Diaster struck Lisbon on the morning of 1 November 1755. An earth- quake, followed by the great tidal wave and many gfiifires, literally upset and burned the city. About 50,000 people were killed in the first fifteen minutes, as tremors shook the lower city into a fire-lit cloud of dust and debris which was soon awash in a fifty foot tidal wave. It was the Maquis of Pombal who restored order out of chaos and eventually rebuilt the city much as it appears today. Monuments such as the Monument ofthe Restorers of Portuguese Independence' spice present day Lisbon with historic and artistic moijQQDIQ'?'f....QQ-9.11unlgqpiring and glorious past, The Tower of 'Belen on the banks of the Tagus River A symbol of the past

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