Скачать или смотреть A Tour of Lisbon in the 1700s

Lisbon was once the gateway to the globe — the beating heart of the Portuguese Empire and the richest harbor in the Atlantic world.

In the early 1700s, ships from Brazil, Goa, Macau, Angola, and Mozambique flooded the Tagus River, carrying gold, diamonds, spices, porcelain, and the wealth of the first global economy.

But on All Saints’ Day, November 1st, 1755, everything changed.

At 9:40 AM, one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded European history struck Lisbon. What followed was an unimaginable chain of destruction:

A massive earthquake

A catastrophic tsunami

A firestorm that burned for five days

The collapse of an empire’s greatest city

Using advanced AI technology, we have transformed 18th-century engravings, paintings, and sketches into photorealistic scenes — allowing you to walk the streets of Alfama, stand before the lost Ribeira Palace, and witness the disaster that reshaped Europe’s Enlightenment.

This is not just history you hear about — this is history you can see.

📌 Chapters include Lisbon’s golden age, the Portuguese spice empire, the Inquisition, daily life before the quake, the apocalypse of 1755, and the revolutionary rebuilding under the Marquês de Pombal.

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💬 Comment below: Which city should we recreate next?
Edo Japan? Ancient Rome? Victorian London?

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