Poets

famous for its literary and artistic gatherings — «A poets and writers calling themselves «Os vencidos da Btasileira». Fashion in Portugal emanates from the lu- vida», used to meet in the «Chiado» together with Eca xurious shop windows of the Rua Garret which is also de Oueiroz. a centre for brilliant literary activity and social chit- The monument to the Restorers, an obelisk thirty Chm- metres high rises up beside the station of Rossio, op- «O Chiado», with its many cake shops, florists and posite the F0: Palace, the statue was built in 1882 to coffee sellers, is the centre of fashionable life in commemorate the1640 revolution and Portuguese in Lisbon, frequented by many people who are in the dependence, and it is here where the lovely Avenida public eye, and also by those who would like to be. da Liberdade begins, Lisbon's main thoroughfare two There are three establishments which are by way of kilometres long leading to the beautiful Edward VII being the nerve centres of social life in Lisbon; «A park. The Avenida da Liberdade, on whose highest Brasileira» where art, literature and politics are point stands the bronze statue of the Marquis de discussed, the «Turf», and the «Grémio Literario», Pombal, stretches out, flanked by cinemas, theatres, places for meetings connected with high finance, the and hotels. aristocracy, and eminent personalities from the world In Lisbon there still remains the enchantment of the of Portuguese letters. Formerly, a select group of typical districts of Alfama, with its labyrinthine and