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<\/a><\/p>\nIt is a traditional shopping area that mixes old and modern commercial establishments, mostly located at the Carmo and Garrett streets.\u00a0The most well-known caf\u00e9 of Chiado is “A Brasileira”, famous for having had poet\u00a0Fernando Pessoa\u00a0among its customers, and today it is very popular among tourists. The Chiado is also an important cultural area, with several museums and theatres.<\/p>\n
In 1988, the Chiado area was severely affected by a fire, when 18 buildings were partially or totally destroyed.\u00a0Since then, owing to a renovation project coordinated by architect\u00c1lvaro Siza Vieira\u00a0that lasted for more than 10 years, the affected area has recovered and features the highest real estate property prices in Portugal.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0toponym\u00a0Chiado has existed since around 1567. Initially the name referred to Garrett Street, and later to the whole surrounding area. The most widely cited possible origin for the name is related to\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Ribeiro\u00a0(c.1520\u20131591), a popular poet from\u00a0\u00c9vora\u00a0who lived in the area and whose nickname was “chiado” (“squeak”). A bronze statue of the poet, by sculptor\u00a0Costa Mota (tio)<\/i>, was placed in the Chiado Square in 1925.<\/p>\n
The Chiado has been inhabited since at least\u00a0Roman\u00a0times, when several\u00a0villae\u00a0were present in the area.\u00a0During the Middle Ages it was used for agricultural purposes and it was in its vicinity that North European\u00a0Crusaders\u00a0settled during the\u00a0Siege of Lisbon, in 1147. After the\u00a0Christian reconquestof Lisbon, several convents were founded here: the St Francis Convent (1217), Esp\u00edrito Santo da Pedreira (1279), Trindade Convent (1291) and theCarmo Convent\u00a0(1398).<\/p>\n
Between 1373 and 1375, during the reign of\u00a0King Fernando I, a new city wall was built that encompassed part of present-day Chiado, favouring its urbanisation and settlement. The main gate (Portas de Santa Catarina<\/i>) was located in the Chiado Square. In the 16th century, the area outside the city walls (present-day\u00a0Bairro Alto<\/i>) was also urbanised. The gate and walls were demolished in the early 18th century. The\u00a01755 Lisbon Earthquake\u00a0greatly affected the area, destroying houses, churches and convents. The rebuilding plan organised by the\u00a0Marquis of Pombal\u00a0included the Chiado, and new streets were opened to link the area with the\u00a0Baixa Pombalina. New churches we rebuilt in\u00a0Rococo-Baroque\u00a0style, like the M\u00e1rtires Church, Encarna\u00e7\u00e3o Church and the Loreto Church, the latter belonging to the\u00a0Italian\u00a0community of Lisbon.<\/p>\n
In the 18th and, especially, in the 19th century, a great number of important commercial establishments opened in the Chiado, turning it into a favourite shopping area. Some of them exist to this day, like the “Bertrand Bookshop” (opened 1747) and “Paris em Lisboa” (garment shop opened 1888). In 1792, Lisbon’s\u00a0opera house, the\u00a0Teatro Nacional S\u00e3o Carlos, was inaugurated, attracting the cultural elite of the city, and other theatres were opened in the 19th century (Trindade Theatre, S. Lu\u00eds Theatre). Museums were also created, like the Archaeological Museum in the former\u00a0Carmo Church\u00a0and the Museum of Contemporary Art in the former St Francis Convent (now\u00a0Chiado Museum). The caf\u00e9s and theatres in the area were a meeting point for the aristocracy, artists, and intellectuals at least until the 1960s. It eventually became a beloved touristic site thanks to its picturesque streets and squares, cultural attractions, caf\u00e9s and shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chiado\u00a0is the name of a square and its surrounding area in the city of\u00a0Lisbon,\u00a0Portugal. The Chiado is located between the neighbourhoods of\u00a0Bairro Alto\u00a0and\u00a0Baixa Pombalina. It is a traditional shopping area that mixes old and modern commercial establishments, mostly located at the Carmo and Garrett streets.\u00a0The most well-known caf\u00e9 of Chiado is “A Brasileira”, famous for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[146,147],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisbonstopover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}