Lisbon is a municipality and city in the district of Lisbon, Portugal. The capital of the state. Administrative center of the district.
Located in the western part of the country, in the historic Portuguese province of Extremadura
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In the autumn of 1807, war broke out between Napoleonic France and Portugal. On November 29, the Portuguese government, led by Prince Regent Juan, fled Lisbon to Brazil, and on November 30, the capital was bloodlessly occupied by French troops led by General Jean-Andos Juneau. The French occupation lasted until 1811.
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The city is located in an area characterized by a Mediterranean climate. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of 23 ° C (73.4 ° F). The coldest month is January, with an average temperature of 11.3 ° C (52.3 ° F). [6]
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Lisbon is one of the warmest European capitals, with a climate largely determined by the Gulf Stream. Spring can be from wet to hot sunny (11 ° C… 26 ° C) with some showers, summer - dry and hot with some wind and temperatures between 16 ° C and 29 ° C. Autumn is warm and unstable, with temperatures from 12 ° C to 27 ° C and winter is usually rainy and damp, with little sun (8 ° C… 18 ° C). The lowest recorded temperature is −2.2 ° C, the highest is 43 ° C.
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Lisbon is located in western Portugal, in the south of the district of Lisbon, on the right bank of the Tagus River, at its mouth. The highest point - 226 meters above sea level (Monsanto Park), is the westernmost capital of Europe.
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According to the most common version, the name of the city comes from the Phoenician expression "Alis-Ubbo" (blessed bay) due to its advantageous location at the mouth, but there are other versions, such as "Olipsso" or "Lixbunã". Schematically, the origin of the word "Lisboa" is conveyed as follows: Olisipo> Ulixibona> Al-Ušbuna> Lixbona> Lixbõa> Lisboa
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It belongs to the Lisbon Patriarchate of the Catholic Church in Portugal. He has had the rights of city self-government since 1147. It is divided into 24 parishes. According to the administrative division in force until 1976, it was part of the province of Extremadura. Occupies a strategically important position at the mouth of the Tagus River, 15 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Released in 1147 by the troops of the first Portuguese king Afonso I. In 1255 it became the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.