"Over seven hills, which are as many points of observation whence the most magnificent panoramas may be enjoyed,
the vast irregular and many-coloured mass of houses that constitute Lisbon is scattered. For the traveller who comes
in from the sea, Lisbon, even from afar, rises like a fair vision in a dream, clear-cut against a bright blue sky which
the sun gladdens with its gold. And the domes, the monuments, the old castles jut up above the mass of houses, like far-off
heralds of this delightful seat, of this blessed region."
Fernando Pessoa, Lisboa,
What the tourist should see.. (1929)