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Carmo Lift Description

(Local Name: Elevador do Carmo / Elevador de Santa Justa) At the western end of the Rua de Santa Justa stands Lisbon's most striking and novel means of public transport. The Carmo Lift (also called the Santa Justa Lift) links the lower town with Chiado in the upper town.

The lift is a typical iron construction from the turn of the century and its design is often wrongly attributed to Alexandre Gustav Eiffel. In fact Raoul Mesnier de Ponsard was commissioned to design a lift which would overcome the approximately 32m/105ft height difference at this point. A few years earlier the same inventor had constructed another lift (no longer in existence) further south on the Largo do Municipio.

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Gothic; Railroad attraction or museum; Scenic site or route

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Carmo Lift
Rua de Santa Justa
Lisboa
Lisbon
Portugal

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