Alias
- Also: Lixboa
- City in central coastal Portugal, situated at the mouth of the Tagus river, and capital of Portugal since King Dinis transferred the administration to this city.
- Main Port and business centre.
- Location of what eventually became one of the kingdom's treasury towers, the Torre Albarrã. King Pedro, following the advice of his treasurer, begins to deposit there the annual sum of 15,000 dobras from his surplus budget. [Pedro, ch. 12: 19, 73-75]
- Centre of support for the Master of Avis and of resistance to Castilian invasion as reflected during the great siege of Lisbon in 1384.
Not to Scale
Images for Lisboa
![Lisboa Cathedral, Front facade with of large church with two square side towers, a rose-window and the main entrance with a round arch. [Image courtesy of João Correia]](https://fernaolopes.fcsh.unl.pt/sites/default/files/FL-PICS-J_Correia-Lisboa_Se_de_lisboa.jpg "'Sé de Lisboa', Lisbon Cathedral. [Image by courtesy of João Correia]")
![St. George's Castle on the top of a hill surrounded by the city of Lisbon, completely covering the slope from the castle to the Tagus river. [Image by courtesy of Prof. Kathryn Sanchez, University of Wisconsin]](https://fernaolopes.fcsh.unl.pt/sites/default/files/FL_PICS-Kathy_Sanchez-Castelo_S.Jorge_sobre_Lisboa.jpg "St.George's Castle crowning the top of one of Lisbon's seven hills. [Image by courtesy of Prof. Kathryn Sanchez, University of Wisconsin]")
Chronicle entries in which Lisboa appears:
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