Lisboa

The wonderful card sent by my friend Simona from ROMANIA.Many Thanks 

Lisbon is one of the oldest European cities and was founded by the Phoenicians under the name of Olissipo and was conquered soon after by the Greeks and Carthaginians. Eventually, Lisbon became the capital of Roman Lusitania.  After the fall of the Roman Empire, the city became part of the Suevi Kingdom of Galicia until 585.

Lisbon, Arab-Berber Muslim city

In 714, Lisbon became Muslim. The city passed under the domination of the Umayyads of Damascus and then the Berber Almoravids, whose capital was Marrakech. To know more about the political evolution of the Islamic empire.

A part of the inhabitants converted to Islam, which removed them from the tax without opening them any possibilities of social evolution. Non-Muslims, Christians and Jews were subjected to a tax.

The city regained its splendor and by 900 was one of the most populous cities in Europe along with Constantinople, Salonika, Seville and Cordoba with a population of about 100,000.

Stamps:

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country:
    Romania
Series:
    UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Themes:
    UNESCO
Issued on:
    2014-08-07