MAKING A WISH

Making a wish at the Lisbon Cathedral,

an austere Romanesque building

that, according to a legend,

was home to a mosque.

This was converted to a cathedral

after the city was conquered

by Crusaders in 1147

edit delete reply viera7 wrote on Oct 1, '11 bendmeover said Yes it does. Thanks...your visit makes me happy...

delete reply bendmeover wrote on Sep 10, '11 pixielittlemagic said sounds very beautiful.. Yes it does.

edit delete reply viera7 wrote on Sep 10, '11 pixielittlemagic said sounds very beautiful.. Lisbon's Cathedral resembling a fortress on the outside, but it has some interesting treasures on the inside...

edit delete reply viera7 wrote on Sep 10, '11 bendmeover said That's most interesting history there. The cathedral is Lisbon's oldest building ... was built by Portugal's first king on the site of an old mosque in 1150 for the city's first bishop, the English crusader Gilbert of Hastings. ..

delete reply pixielittlemagic wrote on Sep 5, '11 sounds very beautiful..

edit delete reply viera7 wrote on Sep 4, '11 I hope that my wish not to be here the last time will be fulfilled...:-)

delete reply bendmeover wrote on Sep 3, '11 That's most interesting history there.