Example sentences for: bairro

How can you use “bairro” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Bairro Alto (Upper City) is a hilly area full of evocative houses decorated with wrought-iron balconies usually occupied by birdcages and flowerpots.

  • Perched on the edge of the Bairro Alto is the Igreja do Carmo, devastated in the earthquake of 1755 but deliberately preserved as an atmospheric ruin and potent reminder of its impact.

  • Bairro Alto & Belém

  • The castle is set just above Lisbon’s most famous bairro (district), the Alfama.

  • Perched on the edge of the Bairro Alto is one of Lisbon’s most evocative sights, the shell of the 14th-century Igreja do Carmo, which was packed with worshippers on All Saints’ Day, 1755, when the terrible earthquake brought the roof down.


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