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Five Mornings in Lisbon — continued

Graça, Estrela and the pastel that isn't on the postcards.

By Rui Amaral

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Journeys

Five Mornings in Lisbon — continued

Graça, Estrela and the pastel that isn't on the postcards.

By Rui Amaral 8 min readPage 6

Day three — Graça

Graça is where the postcards stop and the neighborhood begins. You can tell because the graffiti gets better.

Today
1972
1972Today
The same corner in Graça, half a century apart.
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Tap a dot to explore. 3 points of interest.

"The best pastel de nata in the city is not the one on the postcards."

Rui Amaral

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