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The town plan was the inspiration of the Marquês of Pombal, the dynamic hatchet man of King José I, and the town was built from scratch in just five months in 1774, aping the grid layout of Lisbon’s Baixa (lower city).
The army of Juan I of Castile invaded Portugal in 1383, but João of Avis, recently proclaimed King João I of Portugal, defeated the Spaniards in a decisive battle which was fought in 1385 at Aljubarrota, about 100km (62 miles) north of Lisbon.
Near Lisbon, the Estoril Casino is one of the biggest draws for gamblers.
Setúbal’s greatest historical and artistic treasure, the Gothic Igreja de Jesus, was built around 1490 by the great French architect Boytac, who later built Lisbon’s glorious Jerónimos Monastery (see page 36).
One is the small but exquisite Torre de Belém, a romantic medieval fortress (particularly when floodlit by night) erected in 1515 to defend the entry to Lisbon and one of the finest examples of Manueline architecture (see page 25).