Augusta street in the Pombaline Downtown.

The Pombaline Downtown (or Baixa) area covers about 235,620 square metres of south Lisbon, Portugal. It includes the Avenida da Liberdade, or Liberty Avenue, which is a tree-lined boulevard noted for its tailoring shops and cafes. Image File history File linksMetadata Rua_Augusta_Lisboa. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Rua_Augusta_Lisboa. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Location  - Region  - Subregion  - District or A.R.   Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor  - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...

The Pombaline is an elegant district, primarily constructed after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It takes its name from Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal, the Prime Minister to Joseph I of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, who took the lead in ordering the rebuilding of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. The Marquis of Pombal imposed strict conditions on the rebuilding. Architectural models were tested by having troops march around them to simulate an earthquake, making the Pombaline one of the first examples of earthquake-resistant construction. This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. ... Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal (in Portuguese, Marquês de Pombal, pron. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... Joseph I (Portuguese José), the Reformer (Port. ... Earthquake construction is a branch of architectural engineering concerned with making sure structures can withstand as severe an earthquake shock as possible given the materials available. ...

It was placed on Portugal's "tentative list" of potential World Heritage Sites on 7 December 2004, which declares it superior to the planned areas in Edinburgh, Turin and London; in particular, the submission states that the plans for the reconstruction of London after the Great Fire in 1666 "does not implement overall principles" like those achieved in the Pombaline. Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands capital, and its second-largest city. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire — Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the City of London from 2 September to 5 September 1666, and resulted more or less in the...

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• Tentative list