The Guide in the Gallery: Entry for the Shadow Contest/SMASh

Hello Hivers and Hunters!

I'm here again joining the SMASh shadow contest in this community of #ShadowHunters and I hunted some more shadows around this time in a particular place.

I don't know if you know that beneath the city of Lisbon in Portugal, there is more life and history hidden. Under the floor of the center of the Portuguese capital there are Roman remains, because that city was in the days of the Roman Empire, Olissipo, and since then, despite earthquakes and floods, some Roman galleries now remain underground.

Roman Galleries / Galerías Romanas (Lisboa)

Access today is somewhat complicated because they are only open to the public twice a year, and you have to be lucky to get tickets from the town hall. And I was really lucky, because people even come from other cities in the country, and on the other hand I just saw the advertisement on a post of a social media site exactly one minute after it was published and I was able to make an appointment to pick up a couple of tickets. Then you have to go before, wait in line, and get off with the help of workers and a ladder through a hole in the street!

Yes, a central street in the tourist area (Rua da Conceição), where they have to cut off traffic in some lanes and so people get off in groups. I recommend wearing sneakers or better yet, rain boots because there is water underneath.

But it doesn't matter, it's fascinating that there are still remains and that there are people who tell us more about all that history of the past that didn't even seem to exist there when we passed over such a busy and crowded street so many times.

Now all that remains is to continue listening to the guide in the cave, almost without light, be careful, because there are flooded areas, and enjoy those ancient walls and surviving bricks on which it seems that there are small inscriptions left if we look closely.