The Historian · Rui · Lisbon
Baixa Pombalina
Pombal cleared the ruins and imposed a grid in months. This is the Enlightenment poured into a whole neighborhood.
The downtown grid the Marquis of Pombal rebuilt after 1755 — Europe's first great earthquake-resistant planned quarter.
— Rui, The Historian
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