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In May of this year, I spent a week in Portugal. When I returned, I posted a few postcards from my trip. One of these posts, that of May 31 requires a retraction. (I feel like the New York Times having to make a correction. Okay, maybe not.)
In it, I described how our tour guide had told us that Lisbon was known for identifying monuments and other structures they liked and admired, and building their own versions. The Triumphal Arch ("Arco do Triunfo e Rua Augusta") was cited as an example of this. In the Postcrossing postcard above, Joana corrects me: "I read on your blog what you wrote about it and I have to make a correction. The Arch is actually older than the one in Paris. This one was built in 1775 although it was then demolished and rebuilt in 1875. Even so it is not at all a copy of the one in Paris."
Joana, this correction is for you!
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And, I have to say...I think I like Lisbon's arch better. It's magical.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about corrections! If I got some fact wrong on the blog, I just have to go back and make it right.
ReplyDeleteThis is a more charming arch than the war-like imposing one in Paris, which I had a chance to visit last year.