Rochdale Town Hall is a grade one listed building designed by William Crossland, which opened in 1871 to symbolise the town’s rich industrial standing in the textile trade. Its ornate stylings are rivalled only by the Palace of Westminster according to Historic England. www.rochdale.gov.uk/sports-leisure/rochdale-town-hall.

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The banner on the front reads Dia Inernacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra La Mujer #25N - The United Nations General Assembly designated November 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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17th-century baroque church turned into modern-day mausoleum for tombs of national celebrities. Looking good in the early evening night sky. It is located in the Alfama neighbourhood, close to another important Lisbon monument, the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora.

It was the Church of Saint Engratia when it was built in 1682, but became the National Pantheon in 1916. Its large dome was only completed in 1966, making it the monument that took the longest to complete in all of Portugal. There’s even an expression in the country for something that takes forever -- “a job like St. Engratia.”https://www.lisbonportugaltourism.com/guide/national-pantheon.html. You can visit the Pantheon and climb up inside the tower.

This photo was taken on 21/11/2023 from P&O Cruises - MS Iona - IMO: 9826548, when on a 14-night cruise to the Canary Islands, Portugal and Spain. Iona had arrived in Lisbon a little earlier in the morning having departed from Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in the evening of 19/11/2023. She was to depart from here in about four hours time. Next stop: A Coruña, Spain, on 23/11/2023.

MS Iona was completed on 09/10/2020 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany. She was laid down on 29/05/2019, launched on 18/02/2020 and Christened by Dame Irene Hays(Hays Travel), on 16/05/2021 with her maiden voyage on the 07/08/2021. She is from the Excellence Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 184,089, has nineteen decks of which eighteen are passenger accessible, eleven of those with cabins, giving a maximum passenger capacity of 5,206 and 1,762 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä LNG engines giving a total installed power of 67.1MW(82,700hp) giving a service speed of around 17 knots.

The itinerary was: Southampton - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal - A Coruña, Spain - Southampton. This itinerary was a change from the original scheduled one to a maritime pilots strike in Portugal. It should have been Funchal first then the other three islands in order then Cadiz, Spain and an overnight stay in Lisbon. © Peter Steel 2023.

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Apparently, this is the Old Customs House in the Tobaco Garden. It is a Government building.

Lisbon(Lisboa: Portuguese), is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 548,703 as of 2022 within its administrative limits and 2,871,133 within the metropolis. It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavik) and the only one along the Atlantic coast, the others (Reykjavik and Dublin) being on islands. The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, hosts the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca.

This photo was taken on 21/11/2023 from Deck 8 - Promenade Deck - Starboard side forward end of P&O Cruises - MS Iona - IMO: 9826548, when on a 14-night cruise to the Canary Islands, Portugal and Spain. Iona had arrived in Lisbon a little earlier in the morning having departed from Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in the evening of 19/11/2023. She was to depart from here in about four hours time. Next stop: A Coruña, Spain, on 23/11/2023.

MS Iona was completed on 09/10/2020 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany. She was laid down on 29/05/2019, launched on 18/02/2020 and Christened by Dame Irene Hays(Hays Travel), on 16/05/2021 with her maiden voyage on the 07/08/2021. She is from the Excellence Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 184,089, has nineteen decks of which eighteen are passenger accessible, eleven of those with cabins, giving a maximum passenger capacity of 5,206 and 1,762 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä LNG engines giving a total installed power of 67.1MW(82,700hp) giving a service speed of around 17 knots.

The itinerary was: Southampton - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal - A Coruña, Spain - Southampton. This itinerary was a change from the original scheduled one to a maritime pilots strike in Portugal. It should have been Funchal first then the other three islands in order then Cadiz, Spain and an overnight stay in Lisbon. © Peter Steel 2023.

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Hands-on exhibits, coin making & banknote printing in a museum housed in a baroque-era church, the former St. Julian's Church (Portuguese: Igreja de São Julião) In the 17th century, the Igreja de São Julião was not in its current position, but to the north of the Igreja do Nossa Senhora da Oliveira (at the junction of Rua de S. Julião and Rua Augusta).

The Money Museum offers a distinctly interactive experience that draws on multimedia technology to display its collection. Its unconventional museography is aimed at creating an alluring environment that ensures visitor participation and promotes knowledge building. www.museudodinheiro.pt/en/money-museum.

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