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View Full Version : Lisbon from the sky ruben.briosa May 4th, 2008, 11:45 PM http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Pelha/202276854_36e36b1962_b.jpg http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Pelha/306763577_ebfcf9eaea_b.jpg :) ovem May 5th, 2008, 12:56 AM wow.. its impressive. lisbon is very strange from above :) looks like spagetti :) agnwstos May 5th, 2008, 04:51 PM Only one brigde? :P ovem May 5th, 2008, 09:09 PM its not only one... they are two but dont think its easy. the distance between the two coasts is not that small... btw vasco da gama bridge used to be one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) bridges in europe(you can see it in the last pic. its located deep in the other side of the peninsula) . correct me if i'm wrong! thanx :P ruben.briosa May 5th, 2008, 10:32 PM Only one brigde? :P two bridges.. 25th April Bridge (25th April 1974 finishes the dictatorship in Portugal. before called the name of dictator - Salazar Bridge) and Vasco da Gama Bridge (a portuguese discover). 25th April Bridge http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/port112.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/port088.jpg Vasco da Gama Bridge http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/vascodagamabridgeinlisbon-1.jpg http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/port198.jpg ruben.briosa May 5th, 2008, 11:03 PM its not only one... they are two but dont think its easy. the distance between the two coasts is not that small... btw vasco da gama bridge used to be one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) bridges in europe(you can see it in the last pic. its located deep in the other side of the peninsula) . correct me if i'm wrong! thanx :P The Tagus River (Rio Tejo in portuguese) is very broad.. The Vasco da Gama bridge is the largest in Europe with a length of 17.2 km..:) ovem May 6th, 2008, 12:24 AM so it's still the longest :) love it :) sk May 6th, 2008, 09:38 PM are there any plans for developments at the other site of the river?from the pic it looks very sparsely populated.... 1821 May 7th, 2008, 05:16 PM Can you explain the chair-lift in this photo? What does it service? etc http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/port198.jpg ruben.briosa May 7th, 2008, 10:37 PM are there any plans for developments at the other site of the river?from the pic it looks very sparsely populated.... In this picture seems that the other side of the river is little urban .. but it is only in that area that can be seen in the photo.. in GE the other side of the Tagus river: http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/745745275.jpg ruben.briosa May 7th, 2008, 10:41 PM Can you explain the chair-lift in this photo? What does it service? etc http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/port198.jpg is a cable car .. enter and you can see the sights ..:) |