Rebuilding Destroyed Cities

Rebuilding Destroyed Cities: Lisbon, Portugal
(Left to Right) Manuel De Almeida / EPA / Corbis; Marco Simoni / Robert Harding World Imagery / Corbis

Lisbon Today
Out of the rubble, Lisbon was rebuilt with wider, more modern streets and avenues. In a strikingly contemporary gesture, the ruins of the Carmo Convent were kept as a memorial to the tragedy, with the new city built around it.

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