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CASTRO (António Osório de) & RIBEIRO (Gustavo de Almeida). LISBOA A Exaltação do Ferro. Lisboa. 1999. - CASTRO (António Osório de) & RIBEIRO (Gustavo de Almeida) LISBOA A Exaltação do Ferro . Lisboa: Edições Inapa, 1999. 136 pp.: il.; 320 mm. This work documents the use of cast iron and wrought iron in Lisbon's urban architecture and decoration during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a period in which iron established itself as a material of excellence for the ornamentation of facades, balconies, staircases, fountains, kiosks, railway stations, and public buildings. This volume systematically explores the manifestations of iron in the city, from large public facilities – such as stations, markets, and the Santa Justa elevator – to the decorative details of the bourgeois residential architecture of the new 19th-century avenues. Profusely illustrated, it is a bibliographic reference systematically cited in studies on iron architecture in Portugal and on the urban heritage of Lisbon. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate