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Basílica da Estrela
At the top of Calçada da Estrela bulge the dome and belfries of the Basílica da Estrela. Completed in 1790 by order of Dona Maria I (whose tomb is here) in gratitude for a male heir, the church is all elegant neoclassicism outside and chilly, echoing baroque inside, with fabulous views from the dome.
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Cemitério dos Ingleses
Across from the Jardim da Estrela, the British Cemetery, founded in 1717, is notable as the burial place of novelist Henry Fielding, best known for Tom Jones . Fielding left London to better his health in 1753, but died in Lisbon in 1754. At the far corner is all that remains of Lisbon's old Jewish cemetery. To be let in to the cemetery, you need ring the buzzer.
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Convento do Carmo
In the Chiado the graceful ruins of the Convento do Carmo, uphill from Rua Garrett along Calçada do Sacramento, are Lisbon's only remaining example of Gothic architecture, mostly devoured by the 1755 earthquake. Just the tall slender pillars, arches, walls and flying buttresses remain of one of Lisbon's largest churches, built in 1423; it's now regularly used as an open-air theatre.
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Museu do Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
This grand neoclassical museum of the Royal Palace building replaced the original, which was destroyed by fire in 1795. It was used until the royal family went into exile in Brazil in 1807, and then not again until King Luis I married an Italian princess in 1861 and lavished it with the riches that can be seen today. The Winter Garden is wonderful!
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Palácio da Assembleia da República
In Largo de São Bento is one of the area's most imposing sights, the Palácio da Assembleia da República, Portugal's parliament, once the enormous 17th-century Benedictine Mosteiro de São Bento. The national assembly has convened here since 1833.
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Quinta dos Marquêses da Fronteira
Quinta dos Marquêses da Fronteira is a charming, run-down 17th-century mansion, with tiles covering any space that's not formal Renaissance garden. You must reserve ahead for a tour.
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