The Architect · Mariana · Lisbon
Alfama
The one district that predates the grid. You read a thousand years of unplanned building in a five-minute wrong turn.
The medieval quarter the earthquake spared — a Moorish maze of stepped lanes, arches, and courtyards below the castle.
— Mariana, The Architect
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