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For a long while, Lisbon was a sleeping beauty. From its heyday in the 15th and 16th centuries, rooted in the Age of Discovery, to the end of Salazar's dictatorial regime in 1974, the city lived at a slower pace than the rest of Europe. With its nomination as European Cultural Capital in 1994, it suddenly found itself in the spotlight.Lisbon sits on the north bank of the Tagus, not far from the mouth of the river, and straddles the undulating terrain formed by seven hills. Thanks to fortunes amassed during the Age of Discovery, and in spite of the terrible earthquake of 1755, the Portuguese capital has a rich and varied architectural heritage. Every hilltop bears a castle or church, its slopes criss-crossed with networks of steep alleyways bordered with small colourful houses, while the slightest expanse of flat ground allows Baroque and Classical edifices to prosper. Even the banks of the Tagus are now home to world class contemporary architecture.At a time when Lisbon's population an

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Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 16th Edition, is the tried-and-true kitchen resource for generations of cooks. Since its publication in 1930, it has been the go-to cook book in millions of hom

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The Easter Bunny is in for quite a surprise when four of his colorful eggs hatch into colorful chicks right before his eyes! He must find a nest for them to live in, but what will keep them warm, dry,

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A boy plays with tangram. He uses the pieces to lay a cat – a wonderful cat of course; you can leave that up to Martijn van der Linden. But the cat feels lonely... Suddenly I understood the cat. ‘Y

Angel Otero’s practice is process-driven. Whether made on canvas or with porcelain and steel, Otero’s creations mine the fissures of art-historical canons, as well as the personal histories that they

This book reviews and brings this standard up-to-date with Amendments 1, 2 and 3 of BS 7671:2008. A definitive guide to safely installing electric vehicle charging equipment, it is endorsed by governm

Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen was looking for the right sofa for a house from the fifties and discovered Finn Juhl (1912–1989), whose furniture is experiencing a renaissance in the wake of the retro wave. W

In 1951 the Italian-Brazilian industrialist Ciccillo Matarazzo founded the São Paulo Biennial, the second-oldest art show of its kind. From the start, it was said that the show’s role model was the mo

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