Lisbon, the capital and largest city of Portugal, located in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the Tagus River, one of the oldest cities in the world and the second – oldest European capital city after Athens predating other modern European capitals by centuries through ATL, the Lisbon Tourism Association, has released a new video in its Stories of Lisbon series, entitled "Rota do Barroco" the Baroque Route to discover the treasures of a style of art, architecture and design, very popular in the European Continent from the 17th century to the mid – 18th century finding in the Portuguese capital one of its relevant epicentres.
This initiative seeks to promote the destination in the markets of Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America with a video available in six languages, such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese inviting to explore the cultural and heritage richness of Lisbon, through museums and monuments in the Baroque style.
In about five minutes a video, spreads an itinerary that takes in emblematic places such as the Baroque Museum, the Correio - Mor Palace, the Fronteira Palace, the Marquês de Pombal Palace, the Ludovice Palace, the Águas Livres Aqueduct, the Mafra Palace National Museum, the Royal Quinta de Caxias, the Belém Natrional Palace, the National Carriage Museum and the Royal Treasure Museum.
The Baroque style in Lisbon and Portugal developed during about two centuries from the 17th century to the 18th century, in the reigns of J João V with numerous churches and chapels that were remodeled and redecorated in Baroque style and José I, imports of gold and diamonds increased, in that period called Royal Absolutism or Absolute Monarchy, which allowed the flourishing of the Portuguese Baroque architectural style, which emerged in a different period from the rest of Europe and was mainly influenced by political, artistic and economic factors.
Portuguese Baroque is considered by many, an extension of Mannerism, whose principles were linked to the Council of Trento, that is, mostly religious, a style that does not require the construction of additional building because it allows the transformation of aseptic spaces already existing into astonishing decorative scenarios through gilded carving, painting, tiles, and the traditional azulejo.
The same practical and economical mechanism can be applied to external coverings, on which decorations are adapted in keeping with the taste of the time or place.
Although many of the buildings from this period were destroyed in the 1755 earthquake, several examples of Lisbon's Golden Age have survived to the present day.
The Lisbon Tourism Association, its Executive Director Paulo Oliveira has pointed out that the decorative richness and architectural complexity of the Baroque style reflect a time of prosperity that marked the cultural identity of Lisbon present in museums, monuments and churches, a style which left a strong, historical legacy that now invites everyone to visit it.
Link - https://www.expreso.info/noticias/internacional/104131_lisboa_promociona_su_rota_do_barroco
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