Dec 13, Portugal , Culture. From the modern Azulejo Tile Museum to the historic Sao Domingos Church, this list of the top 10 secret things to see in Lisbon are a must go to on any trip to Lisbon. Even better, many of these landmarks are free to visit! Read time: 10 min Lisbon, an ancient setting, it was, as stories hint, founded by Ulysses himself.
As a result, has many secret corners to still explore. Having run bike tours here for over a decade, here is a list of our favourite top 10 secret things to see in Lisbon only locals know about.
In addition to being attacked by mercenaries in the dark ages, destroyed by earthquake and tsunami in , it suffered 30 years of 20th century dictatorship. Needless to say, it has seen a lot of action, everywhere. Consequently, and sadly, one of the unique secret spots to see in Lisbon is where the worst pogroms of the city occurred. In the first place, the site itself saw horror when in , its drought stricken congregation, inflamed by its priests, beat to death converted Jewish Christian members over perceived ridicule.
As a result, this led to several days of murderous rage, in which to converted Jewish people were brutally killed without reason in what is called the Easter Slaughter.
Thus, call it retribution by the heavens, step inside this holy space and be amazed at what you will find. Surviving the murder scandal, the earthquake, it was finally scorched in a violent consuming fire in Rather than tear down this medieval church it was rebuilt, leaving the broken pillars and shattered structure as is.
