2-798-949 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new National Theatre, Lisbon, 1845. 'This splendid National Theatre, unquestionably one of the very finest in Europe, was opened on...King Fernando's birthday...It is the work of Senhor [Fortunato] Lodi, a Portuguese architect of distinguished social position...The traditional Peninsular balconies, both singly attached to separate windows and extending the whole length of the house, may be seen both to the right and left; and an inkling may be caught of the primitive lamps and street-posts, which are by no means, however, divested either of grace or local colouring'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.