Lisboa Desaparecida
By: Marina Tavares Dias.
Publisher: Quimera
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Format: Hardcover, dust jacket
Subjects: City planning -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History; Lisbon (Portugal) -- History; Lisbon (Portugal) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Lost Lisbon. The most famous book ever to be written about the city that is Portugal's capital. It has 9 sequels and explains about every theme you can think of, from demolished buildings to street cries, from water supply to fish selling, from the early markets to the last cafés, from the luna parks to the theater dystricts, from the famous streetwalkers to the lisbon poets, from the huge movie theaters to the tiny fountains. Etc., etc., etc.; title: Marina writes independently, criticising much of what the city hall is doing to the city. That is why she never was rewarded or aknowledged for her work.; title: But for the readers, this is a precious situation.
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