Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Elevador de Santa Justa

Elevador de Santa Justa, Santa Justa Lift, Rua do Ouro, Lisbon

Elevador de Santa Justa (Santa Justa Lift)
Rua do Ouro
Lisbon, April 2019

“The Santa Justa Lift (Elevador de Santa Justa), also called Carmo Lift (Elevador do Carmo), is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Justa, in the historical city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa, it connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo Square). Since its construction the Lift has become a tourist attraction for Lisbon as, among the urban lifts in the city, Santa Justa is the only remaining vertical (conventional) one. Others, including Elevador da Glória and Elevador da Bica, are actually funicular railways, and the other lift constructed around the same time, the Elevator of São Julião, has since been demolished.” (Santa Justa Lift, Wikipedia)

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