In Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, you’ll see plenty of Pombaline-style buildings – structures of up to four floors with arcades on the ground floor and balconies on the first floor and attic. This style – the native architecture of Lisbon – arose in the aftermath of an earthquake in 1755, when under the directive of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, marquês de Pombal, the devastated city was revived with these new, anti-seismic buildings which have a strong neoclassical character.
Located within a traditional Pombaline building, this 5,166
