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Under Lisbon’s streets, ancient Roman galleries tell story of the past

View of Roman galleries under downtown is seen in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20th April, 2023.

Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Twice a year, a hatch in a busy Lisbon street opens to reveal steps leading to one of the Portuguese capital’s most ancient sites: a 2,000-year-old Roman structure that still holds the buildings above it together. Dating back to the first century AD, the “cryptoportico” subterranean maze of tunnels and passageways was […]