Glória Elevator, Lisbon (2005)

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Date: 2005.
City: Lisbon (Portugal).

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Lisbon funicular Elevador da Glória: Bairro Alto - Restauradores
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Lisbon cable car Gloria 1.

Lisbon cable car Gloria 2.

Bairro Alto → Restauradores.

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