Boca do Vento Elevator

The Boca do Vento Elevator (Portuguese: Elevador da Boca do Vento), is a public elevator in the municipality of Almada, in Portugal.

Opening to the public in 2000, it was designed by Portuguese sculptor José Aurélio and architects Fidalgo Mineiro, Helena Moreira e Anabela Felícia.

[1] Construction of the elevator began in 1999 and took about a year.

It was inaugurated in 2000.

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A view of the elevator from the base of the cliff
The base at the Tagus River, with the ruined warehouses and wharf