Neighbourhood
Alfama
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon's oldest quarter, a maze of lanes, tiled houses, washing lines and fado bars.
Tower · Portugal · Lisbon
Santa Justa Lift
An iron neo-Gothic lift connecting the Baixa with Carmo Square.
Paid entry about 40 min
For storytellers
Why Santa Justa Lift matters
The Santa Justa Lift is a slender iron tower that carries passengers between the lower town and the higher Bairro Alto. Designed in the early 20th century, it looks like a piece of Victorian engineering. The queue can be long, so many visitors just admire it, or walk up the hill to its top platform.
Talking points
- It links two levels of the city.
- The iron structure is neo-Gothic.
- A walkway from the top avoids the lift queue.
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