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2 uren
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Min. 2
Many centuries ago, Lisbon’s central neighborhood Mouraria, located right below the Castelo de São Jorge and directly neighboring the picturesque Alfama quarter, was set up by the Portuguese conquerors to relocate the subordinated Muslim population outside the city walls. Up until today, Mouraria is considered Lisbon’s most multiethnic neighborhood and can be regarded as a symbol for Lisbon’s image as a truly multicultural European capital, triggered by Portugal’s ancient history and geographical proximity to the African continent. Nowadays, migrants make up around 30 percent of Mouraria’s local community, and over 50 different nationalities are living here side by side. For the longest time, however, a darker image clung to this district like an overarching shadow, preventing it from revealing its ravishing beauty to the outside world. As it was home to a large proportion of Lisbon’s poorer immigrant population, Mouraria was widely regarded as an unsafe place, devastated by crime and social and economic tension, and certainly a district better to be avoided.