The great lisbon earthquake of november 1 1755 in lisbon portugal.
Marble quay lisbon.
A marble quay at the riverside disappeared into the river bottom laden with people.
Its marble steps used to be the noble entrance into the city through which heads of state and other prominent figures have arrived.
Reviewed 10 july 2015.
St katharine docks is a great place to be on a good weather day.
Earthquake effects widely felt the lisbon earthquake caused considerable damage not only in portugal but in spain particularly in madrid and seville.
Cais das colunas is located at praça do comércio in the historical center of lisbon.
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A fire followed which burned for six days.
Then rolled in again rising more than 50 feet.
Then a violent shock threw down the greater part of the city.
Lisbon s whole quay and the marble built cais de pedra along the tagus disappeared into the river burying with it hundreds of people who had sought refuge.
No trace of quay boats or victims was ever found.
It used to give access to ferry boats and other vessels connecting praça do comércio to the tagus south bank.
Just wandering around admiring the boats is enough but on fridays there is a food market with take away food from fish and chips to peruvian with french and portuguese along the way.
Actually not a pier but rather a small scale rectangular site laid out with marble steps and ornated with two posts or pillars.
Food market marble quay.
Alexander von humboldt stated that the total area shaken was four times that of europe.
With all honesty if you are not aware of this specific location or haven t read your lisbon guide book the chances are you may overlook it.
Vessels on the river were swept away overturned or crushed together.
This was the moment when a new marble quay cays de prada crowded with survivors was engulfed in something like a whirlpool and disappeared below the surface of the river together with every boat near it.
The sea first retired and laid the bar dry it then rolled in rising fifty feet above its ordinary level the most extraordinary circumstance which occurred at lisbon during the catastrophe was the subsidence of the new quay built entirely of marble at an immense expense.
It was a church day and great loss of life occurred in the churches.
The sound of thunder was heard underground in lisbon.
Unfortunately a large number of people took shelter on a newly built marble quay believing that they were beyond the reach of fallen ruins but then suddenly the quay sank.
