Feeling Dizzy Inside Lisbon's Pantheon

The Pantheon -a landmark of Lisbon worthwhile your time - which took so long to build that it inspired a local saying.

The location of the Pantheon is perfectly situated right outside Alfama and below Graca - right next to the cruise ship port of Lisbon. The moment you step inside your jaw will drop. The enterior reminded us a bit of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul with its domes inside and the high ceilings.

Stand right under the main dome, look up and start spinning and don't stop until you feel absolutely sick. Because then you can stomach the upper gallery right under that dome, everything is open except for a small walkway along the wall, if that doesn't make you feel at least a tiny bit afraid of heights, nothing will.

Now back to that saying - if you're living in Lisbon you might have heard this expression: “Obras de Santa Engracia”

Work began on the Santa Engrácia in 1682, but construction wasn’t finished until 1966, with the completion of the dome. Thanks to this nearly 300-year delay, the Portuguese still use the phrase “Obras de Santa Engracia” to refer to any seemingly never-ending process.

If you want to impress Lisboans say this if you're for example in a restaurant and it takes forever for your food to arrive. You'll shock them with that.

The Phantheon was actually planned to become a church, that's why it's also called Santa Engrácia but by the time it was finished there was no need for yet another church in Lisbon. Now the Pantheon serves the purpose of a final resting place for authors, politicians and entertainers.

If you would like read more about the Lisbon Pantheon or see more pictures, feel free to click the link.

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