With fully intact 13th century walls, Obidos passed through the hands of the Celts, Phoenicians, Romans and Moors, was given as a gift from King Dinis I to Queen Isabel in 1282 and for 550 years remained the property of Portugese queens who sponsored the construction of churches, town improvements, and a 16th-century aqueduct and by surviving the 1755 earthquake is now a storied town housing 3,100 inhabitants within it’s historic walls.
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Lisbon is the second oldest European capital and has been the capital of Portugal since 1255. Known as a town of seven hills, the windy, steep streets give way to stunning viewpoints around the city.
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The American Trade Hotel’s building dates back to 1917 and was the headquarters for the American Trade Developing Company. At the time it was the first skyscraper in Panama. After World War II, the neighborhood started its decline and by the 1970s the building was abandoned and vandalized. Before being bought by a development firm in 2007, it was the headquarters of the Pentágono gang. The abandoned building used to be a crack house called “Castillo de Greyskul”. Some of the old gang members have been rehabilitated and work in the hotel.
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