Roman Galleries: trip to Lisbon from long, long ago

A trapdoor in the middle of the electric street in downtown Pombaline hides one of the most fantastic secrets of the capital: it is here that you immerse yourself in Lisbon a long, long time ago, when the Romans were still around - and what we found, after descending the staircase that extends in front of us, is a set of corridors connected by stone arches. In addition, in the background, there is always sound of running water and this explains why, most of the time, those corridors are flooded half a meter high.

Only show to the public twice a year: at the time of marking the International Day of Monuments and Sites; and in September, at the time of the European Heritage Days. "To open it is necessary to pump the water that is in here five days before. There are firefighters cleaning all this zone and only thus it is possible to mount a temporary electrical system, so that the light is below. "

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