Lisboa Trip Overview
Mouraria was the cradle of fado, where some of its most legendary singers lived and performed, but also the urban setting for a great deal of its most memorable songs. Why this special relation of the vicinity with the national song and is it still lasting? In this you’ll get to now the stars, the hits and the very streets that became fado.
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* Duration: 2 to 3 hours
* Starts: Lisboa, Portugal
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Mouraria was the cradle of fado, where some of its most legendary singers lived and performed, but also the urban setting for a great deal of its most memorable songs. Why this special relation of the vicinity with the national song and is it still lasting? In this you’ll get to now the stars, the hits and the very streets that became fado.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Escadinhas da Saude, Lisbon 1100-246 Portugal
The big medieval wall, the steep staircase of the XIX th century and the recent lift – the very backbone of Mouraria quarter
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Rua do Marques de Ponte de Lima, Lisbon 1100-337 Portugal
The place of the big mosque later converted into a Jesuit centre, the very heart of the neighborhood. Vila Andrade is next door and has also connections with fado.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Monumento Mouraria Berco do Fado, Rua Capelao gather to nº1, at confluence with da Mouraria street, Lisbon 1100-341 Portugal
Rua do Capelão, the cradle of fado, an incredible tiny street, full of history and legends concerning Lisbon song.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Casa Fernando Mauricio, Rua Joao do Outeiro Mouraria, Lisbon Portugal
The streets where Fernando Maurício was born, lived and died. A start who never wanted to be a star, a legend of fado and Mouraria.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saude, Largo Martim Moniz, Lisbon Portugal
A small church which is at the center of one one the most popular processions in Lisbon. It is also a symbol of resistance of fado and popular culture against the Estado Novo totalitarian regime that vowed to destroy Mouraria in the name of progress.
Duration: 20 minutes
