Shallow Steps

Marble steps at Cais das Colunas (Columns Wharf) , Tagus River, Lisbon Portugal

Marble steps leading down into the Tagus (Teju) River in Lisbon, Portugal. Once the noble entrance to the city for visiting dignitaries as they disembarked from their boat, Cais das Colunas is a now a scenic landmark of the Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio). Queen Elizabeth II landed at Cais das Colunas in 1957. Lisbon sits on the north bank of a tidal estuary, where the Tagus flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

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