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[[image top left: photo of waterfront area]] [[caption: "Lisboa-Cais des Colunas" "Co-do Ferro Cais do Sodre" should read "Co-de Ferro de Cais do Sodré"]] [[image top center: photo of building with bay in background, streetcars in foreground]] [[caption: Lisboa-Estacao de Co-do Ferro Cais do Sodre]] [[image top right: colorful artistic picture of old sailing ship]] [[signed by "Stuart"]] [[image left: map of Portugal]] [[image center: photo of commercial buildings in city]] [[image center right: postage stamp: PORTUGAL]] [[image bottom center: PORTUGAL NATIONAL FLAG]] [[image bottom right: City of Lisbon foreground, bay and ships in background]] [[caption: 216. Lisboa - Vista Parcial]] For 1,500 years Lisbon men have been sailors. From here the Spanish Armada sailed. To a singular degree the sea has shaped the destiny of Lisbon. Sea trade sustains her; at times, tidal waves have nearly destroyed her. Lisbon's very name, one tradition says, came from "Ulyssippo" and the mythical Iberian city founded by Ulysses.