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With a Lisboa card, a wonderful starting point of your trip can be at the Story Center . It tells you the stories and memories of Lisbon. At Comercio Square(Praça do Comércio), you can see the statue of Jose I Don't miss Lisboa Story Centre to find more about Lisbon. The Story Center is at the Comercio Square , Praça do Comércio. It's also called Terreiro do Paço, meaning Palace yard. Sounds familiar? The metro stop right next to the Story Center is named after it. Without the earthquake which destroyed most of Lisbon, the city would have Ribeira Palace at the Comercio Square with a royal library full of precious books and records of the glorious Portuguese past. pictures featuring Ribeira Palace from Pimenta Museum The Palace was made by Manuel I. So if it were here now, people would line up to see Ribeira Palace as they do at Jerominos Monasetry . With all the gold coming from Brazil, the royal family collected priceless artworks from a...

Henry the navigator  inside the Maritime Museum Henry the navigator is the best known figure in the Belem district. Strolling along the river, you can see him at the top of  the Monument to the Discoveries( Monumento aos Descobrimentos ). Never embarking on any voyages of discovery, he wasn't even a navigator. Still under his patronage, the caravel, a ship with outstanding qualities, was further studied and reshaped to withstand strong tides, enabling longer voyages. caravel in the Maritime Museum Among the little known facts is that Henry the Navigator was the head of the Order of Christ , founded in 1318 as the successor of the Knights Templar . Knights of Templar https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18457521 Templar, started as a Catholic military order, was later persecuted by French King Philip. It was dissolved by Pope Clement V in 1312, with many arrested and charged with offences s...