Chiado
Chiado ['ʃjadu] is an old town district in the Portuguese capital Lisbon and is located in the western upper town, near the Bairro Alto . Occasionally, only the elegant shopping streets Rua Garrett and Rua do Carmo in the center of the district are referred to as Chiado in the narrower sense.
The district is located in the municipality of Santa Maria Maior .
history
The Chiado used to be one of the city exits to the country estates and convents in the area. The current name of the district comes from the 16th century. It is reminiscent of the poet António Ribeiro (1520–1591) or Gaspar Dias , the former owner of a pub on Rua Paiva Andrade . Both were known by the nickname Chiado , which in the 16th century meant something like "smart" or "clever".
António Ribeiro was a Franciscan from Évora who settled in Lisbon as a friend of Luís de Camões and earned his living as a voice imitator and ventriloquist. He became known as a disrespectful and mocking poet; In 1925 a bronze monument was erected for him.
The quarter was a meeting place for writers and artists until the beginning of the 20th century. The reason for this was the nearby publishing houses, editorial offices and bookstores such as Livraria Bertrand , which is now the oldest existing bookstore in the world. The local cafes, where the intellectuals met, also established the reputation, especially the Café A Brasileira .
The city of Lisbon has had the Basílica de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires in Chiado in its cultural heritage register since 1974, and the Cervejaria da Trindade tavern since 1986 . In 1997 a large number of other buildings and even entire stretches of street on Rua Garrett were placed under monument protection.
The 1988 fire
On August 25, 1988, a massive fire broke out in the Grandella warehouses, which extended to about two hectares of the Chiado, primarily on Rua do Carmo . The Lisbon city administration commissioned the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira with the management of a reconstruction of the destroyed district as true to the original as possible while preserving the outer facades and a complete redesign with modern buildings. The metro station Baixa-Chiado was designed by the same architect .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Gänshirt: The Lisbon Chiado in August 1993 , in: Stadtbauwelt No. 119/1993
Coordinates: 38 ° 43 ′ N , 9 ° 9 ′ W