00:00My name is José and that's why the tour is called like that.
00:03So, welcome to downtown Lisbon, one of the most exciting and hot cities in Southern Europe, apart from others, as you know.
00:10So, we are now in the Rousseau Square. Rousseau was named after the Napoleon come here and gave this statue by a gift.
00:17Napoleon was a young actor that later on became a dictator in France.
00:21Like most dictators, he went on to Russia and got in problems.
00:25One of the most interesting features of Rousseau Square is the presence of a national theater.
00:30A theater, as you all know, is a place where people perform plays and other spectacles.
00:35This theater was built for Queen Anne-Marie II and it was built on her birthday.
00:39You are free to look behind you and take a look.
00:42Hey, guy, you're blocking the road. Come on, hon.
00:46I believe you have also seen the green baroque fountains.
00:49The fountains were brought from Paris, which is a city in France,
00:52and green, as you know, represents hope.
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