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Rato, Marquês de Pombal & Saldanha
Up north Lisbon races headlong into the 21st century with gleaming high-rises, dizzying
roundabouts, shopping malls and the Parisian-style boulevard Avenida da Liberdade,
which poet Fernando Pessoa dubbed 'the finest artery in Lisbon'. The contrast to the old-
world riverfront districts is startling.
Though often overlooked, these neighbourhoods reveal some gems: from René Lalique
glitterbugs at Museu Calouste Gulbenkian to Hockney masterpieces at Centro de Arte
Moderna, hothouses in Parque Eduardo VII to the lofty arches of Aqueduto das Águas
Livres.
