Lisbon


 * Capital of Portugal
 * Faces the Atlantic on the Tagus River
 * Rose to prominence under the House of Aviz
 * Manueline architecture
 * Destroyed in a 1755 earthquake
 * Began a national revolt against Spain with the Duke of Braganza's help
 * Crusaders recaptured it in 1147 from the Moors
 * Treaty from here ceded Mumbai to the English
 * The Indian Run began here
 * Sir Richard Fletcher constructed the Lines of Torres Vedras to protect this city during the Peninsular Campaign
 * Margaret of Savoy was captured here during a successful Restoration War