Tagus river

THE TAG US two parts whose only means of communication was by boat. Today the bridge has shortened the distance The river is the life line of Lisbon. It gave blrth to the between both banks considerably and the river can be Portuguese capital, nurtured it and goes on giving it crossed by car in no time. Nevertheless, it is still a fine sustenance. Lisbon is wholly identified with the impressive tourist trip to cross the Tagus in a pleasure Tagus. Cidede-Ifo (river-city) Mario Dias Ramos aptly boat. Once you are in the middle of the river, sur- named it in the title to a poem in his work Morlageme. rounded by the grandiose estuary, the waters of the The river appears on every side, as though ensnared river will be confused with those of the sea and it will by the lovely city in a passionate and ceaseless love be almost impossible to find where the mouth of the affair, giving itself completely and yet demanding to river is situated. be perpetually contemplated by the loved one in The vast mirror of the waters with the image of city return. reflected in it dazzles the onlooker. Anyone who has The city lies alongside the river for some 14 or 15 looked at and enjoyed the privilage of seeing with the kilometres. Until the cyclopean bridge that now bears eyes of the soul the limitless and shimmering surface the name «April 25th» was built — a true feat of of the estuary will have had one of the most modern engineering — the Tagus divided the city into memorable experiences that human sensibility can