LISBON: Chiado & Bairro Alto districts (3/5) Portugal

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CHIADO is a traditional shopping area that mixes old and modern commercial establishments, mostly located at the Rua do Carmo and Rua Garrett. The Chiado is also an important cultural area, with several museums and theatres. Chiado is the name of a square and its surrounding area in Lisbon/Lisboa (Portugal). The Chiado is located between the neighbourhoods of Bairro Alto and Baixa Pombalina.

In 1988, the Chiado area was severely affected by a fire, when 18 buildings were partially or totally destroyed. Thanks to a renovation project that lasted more than 10 years, the affected area has now virtually recovered.

The Santa Justa Lift (Portugese: Elevador de Santa Justa) is an elevator, or lift, in Lisbon and connects the higher Largo do Carmo with the lower streets of the Baixa.

The Convento da Ordem do Carmo (English: Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) is a former-Roman Catholic convent. The medieval convent was ruined during the sequence of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, and the destroyed Gothic Church of Igreja do Carmo on the southern facade of the convent is the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the old city. The Carmo Convent and its Church were built between 1389 and 1423. It is located in the Chiado neighbourhood, on a hill overlooking the Rossio square and facing the Lisbon Castle hill. It is located in front of a quiet square Largo do Carmo, very close to the Santa Justa Lift. Nowadays the ruined Carmo Church is used as an archaeological museum (Museu Arqueológico do Carmo).
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BAIRRO ALTO (literally: Upper District) is a central district of the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Unlike many of the civil parishes of Lisbon, this region can be commonly explained as a loose association of neighbourhoods, with no formal local political authority but social and historical significance to the urban community of Lisbon.

In the last decades of the 20th century, there was a significant socio-cultural dynamic in the area, as a great part of the nightlife became dependent on the restaurants and bars of the quarter. Lisbon's city council made extensive remodelling and repairs to the district, resulting in the opening of new restaurants, clubs and trendy shops. While cars were restricted in the district (except for residents and emergency vehicles), many young people began to live in the Bairro; it is generally a youth-oriented heart of the sub-culture and nightlife of Lisbon.

The Bairro Alto district is generally delimited in the south by the Calçada do Combro and Rua do Loreto, west by Rua de O Século, north by Rua D. Pedro V and east by Rua da Misericórdia and Rua São Pedro de Alcântara. It is, topographically, a plateau with medium elevation of 76 metres (249 ft) terminating in the north, with accentuated slope towards the south.

The Glória Funicular (Portuguese: Ascensor da Glória) is a funicular railway line in the parish of Santo António (Lisbon), operated by Carris. It connects the Bairro Alto district with the Pombaline downtown (at the Restauradores Square. The tram system is situated along an axis that slopes 17.7%, that extends from the Avenida da Liberdade to the Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara, crossing a built-up area of 19th century buildings, including the Palácio Foz and the Misericórdia of Lisboa. The funicular includes two cars that operate parallel along two axes, that descend and climb simultaneously.

June 18 & 22, 2017