The Social Action Services of the NOVA University Lisbon organize the Lisbon Walks, guided tours with the aim of making known "a different city from the one we see in our daily lives".
These tours, which will take place four times during the second semester, will be on Saturday and last three hours, accompanied by Ana Pinto, a researcher at NOVA FCSH. The participation, for elements of the NOVA community, has the cost of five euros.
In the tour of this day, the theme is "Modern Lisbon Transformation".
In this tour will meet Lisbon’s modernization, focused on the «Avenidas Novas» neighbourhood. It will be explore the novelties implemented in the district, firstly when it was designed, in end of the 19th century, then later fueled by «Estado Novo», between de 1930’s and the 1940’s. It will be observed the symbols of a progressing city: new traffic arteries, new construction techniques, new decorative arts, electrification, steam machines, new forms of entertainment. It will be pointed out the architectural landmarks, going from art nouveau, to the so-called new modernism’s buildings.
For more information, themes of the various tours and to subscribe, see the link.