make it out of this tragic earthquake then fire looking for refuge from the great fire sweeping the city were killed by the tsunami. The tsunami struck in three waves the second being the strongest and the final hand laid to Lisbon with a height estimated at 6 meters. The Lisbon's cathedrals, Basilica de Santa Maria, Sao Vincente de Fora, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, the Misericordia collapsed, killing thousands of worshipers praying for safety. Even though it was All Saints Day making those whom where religious skeptical whether the cause was due to the sins of their city. The result was horrific after these tragic events the church decided people were dragged and burned alive slowly by the stake as an act of faith and for forgiveness of those who sinned. Three -fourths of the city of Lisbon's buildings were nearly all destroyed including almost all Portugal's 16th-century Manueline architecture. Where today only the architecture of 1500s–1800s during the powerful Maritime Empire era. They now say if it wasn't for this disastrous event modern seismology and earthquake engineering would have never become this advanced.
make it out of this tragic earthquake then fire looking for refuge from the great fire sweeping the city were killed by the tsunami. The tsunami struck in three waves the second being the strongest and the final hand laid to Lisbon with a height estimated at 6 meters. The Lisbon's cathedrals, Basilica de Santa Maria, Sao Vincente de Fora, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, the Misericordia collapsed, killing thousands of worshipers praying for safety. Even though it was All Saints Day making those whom where religious skeptical whether the cause was due to the sins of their city. The result was horrific after these tragic events the church decided people were dragged and burned alive slowly by the stake as an act of faith and for forgiveness of those who sinned. Three -fourths of the city of Lisbon's buildings were nearly all destroyed including almost all Portugal's 16th-century Manueline architecture. Where today only the architecture of 1500s–1800s during the powerful Maritime Empire era. They now say if it wasn't for this disastrous event modern seismology and earthquake engineering would have never become this advanced.