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Santa Justa Lift

The iron lift that saves you the climb to Carmo. Runners take the stairs beside it instead.

About
Opened in 1902
On race night
Lit up in the race colours

Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard built the iron tower in 1902 to lift people from the Baixa to Carmo. On race night it is lit in the race colours, and the course climbs the stairs beside it.

Races that pass here

Santa Justa Lift in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

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Nearby on the map

  • Largo do Carmo in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Climbs · Convent ruined in 1755

    Largo do Carmo

    A quiet square under jacaranda trees beside the roofless convent church.

  • Rossio in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Squares · Paved in waves in 1849

    Rossio

    Lisbon's old main square, its wave-patterned pavement under the column of Pedro IV.

  • Praça da Figueira in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Squares · Laid out after 1755

    Praça da Figueira

    The square of the old market, with the bronze king on horseback and the castle above.

  • Chiado in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Cheer zones · Rebuilt by Siza after 1988

    Chiado

    Theatres, bookshops and cafés round Praça Luís de Camões: the loudest kilometre of the course.

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