Diversities / Diversidades

Grateful to the kindness of those who visit me at Ipernity sign.. Armando Taborda

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...light, as it should be, but with muted music

The exhibition tells us the histoy of Lisbon's city sanitation and irs evolution over time. From the famous phrase "Water Goes", mandatory warning imposed by municipal edict of 1809, that preceded the release of water and domestic waste to the public way, until the current Drainage General Plan of Lisbon. (at PALÁCIO BALDAYA, Benfica, Lisboa)

at the Exhibition's Gallery, Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon - the text originality excuses the poor photo quality (press z to read better)

Top row: Mail Coach, 19th century; Coach of FILIPE II, 17th century Central row: Processional Berlin; Coach of the Oceans; Table Coach, all from 18th century Foot row: Interactive wall at the museum main hall, Charabanc, 19th century

Build in the 18th century, under the rule of D.JOÃO V the "Magnanimous or King-Sun of Portugal", this triumphal coach was one of five magnificent coaches that, along with ten other that accompanied them, composed the procession of the Portuguese Embassy to Pope Clement XI, in the year 1716. Without any doubt this coach is the centerpiece of the museum. (at the Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon) (press z to see in the lightbox)

We order a coffee and it walks by its foot to our mouth

In PICASSO's work there is enormous versatility and a continuity of thought that pervades his work. In the exhibition we find a careful selection of works that make evident the numerous associatiations that the artist establishes between ceramics, drawing and printmaking, with literature and the word as the cornerstone for all this creation. (NOT TO MISS) if you are in Lisbon

The RADAR Project is an operationalization of the Lisbon Program, City of All Ages, whose objective is to recognize the population over 65 years, identifying their deprivations, expectations and potential so that, in close collaboration with the partners network, faster and more assertive answers can be given to the challenges of longevity, increasing knowledge about this population group, as well as favoring the diagnosis and respective expectatoions face to this phenomenon. PARTNERS: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa e Juntas de Freguesia / Lisbon Municipality and Parish Councils Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Lisbon Holy House of Mercy Instituto de Segurança Social / Social Security Institute Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo / Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Regional Administration Polícia de Segurançs Pública / Police Rede Social de Lisboa / Lisbon Social Network Comunidade (Voluntários, Vizinhos e Comércio Local) / Community (Volunteers Neighbors and Local Commerce)

"PASS ME IN ROSSIO", a musical theater play by Filipe LA FÉRIA, Rossio = famous square at Lisbon Center