A Concise History of Lisbon

As Western Europe’s oldest city, it almost goes without saying that Lisbon would have a fascinating history. This was the de facto capital of the European Age of Exploration, and has lived through both tremendous heights of wealth and power, and abysmal lows. Here’s a concise rundown of the most important events in they city’s story.

Iron Age Neandrathals and unidentified humans are the first to populate the area around the Tagus River Basin, but the Celts were the first permanent inhabita...