{"slug":"lisboa-carved-city-walk","title":"Lisboa — Walking the Carved City","city":"Lisbon","mode":"walk","intro":"A full-day walk through the city where Vhils began scratching the surface — from a carved gable in Graça, down Alfama’s tiled lanes, past the Teatro Nacional and Avenida da Liberdade, to the eight-ton concrete carnation at São Bento and the riverfront memorial of the Gare Marítima. Verified locations; follow the route or jump between stops by tram.","stops":[{"kind":"project","slug":"untitled-2017-collab-piece-with-shepard-fairey","title":"Vhils x Shepard Fairey X Graça 2017","year":2017,"lat":38.7185075,"lng":-9.1278529,"addr":"Rua da Senhora da Glória 39, 1170-363 Lisboa, Portugal","hero":{"src":"/images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-2667.webp","srcset":"/images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-480.webp 480w, /images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-960.webp 960w, /images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-1600.webp 1600w, /images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-2400.webp 2400w, /images/4e3e81c2c4cc48d1828afe8cf6763ac4-2667.webp 2667w","w":2667,"h":2667,"caption":"©Jonathan Furlong"},"wallStatus":"extant","note":"Universal Personhood — the Vhils × Shepard Fairey gable on Rua da Senhora da Glória: Fairey’s painted stencil-style portrait meets Vhils’ carved wall, a Graça landmark since 2017.","medium":"Walls"},{"kind":"project","slug":"am-lia-rodrigues-cal-ada","title":"Amália Rodrigues (Calçada)","year":2015,"lat":38.7137981,"lng":-9.1306401,"addr":"Rua de São Tomé, São Vicente de Fora, Lisboa","hero":{"src":"/images/d81c9d03b2e41573bce5d9e9c0d46c3a-1701.webp","srcset":"/images/d81c9d03b2e41573bce5d9e9c0d46c3a-480.webp 480w, /images/d81c9d03b2e41573bce5d9e9c0d46c3a-960.webp 960w, /images/d81c9d03b2e41573bce5d9e9c0d46c3a-1600.webp 1600w, /images/d81c9d03b2e41573bce5d9e9c0d46c3a-1701.webp 1701w","w":1701,"h":1134,"caption":"VHILSTUDIO Artist Portfolio 2025, official"},"wallStatus":"extant","note":"Tribute to Amália Rodrigues — Portuguese calçada rethought as portrait, at Rua de São Tomé 62, on the corner with the Calçada do Menino de Deus, between Alfama and the castle hill.","medium":"Tiles"},{"kind":"project","slug":"projeto-memoria-teatro-nacional-dona-maria-ii-lisbon","title":"Projeto Memória — Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II","year":2014,"lat":38.7148,"lng":-9.139787,"addr":"Praça D. Pedro IV (Rossio), 1100-201 Lisboa, Portugal","hero":{"src":"/images/e1c7cf55db66b2d33eff92c46ff417e7-1348.webp","srcset":"/images/e1c7cf55db66b2d33eff92c46ff417e7-480.webp 480w, /images/e1c7cf55db66b2d33eff92c46ff417e7-960.webp 960w, /images/e1c7cf55db66b2d33eff92c46ff417e7-1348.webp 1348w","w":1348,"h":899,"caption":"Photo: Uncredited (Vhils studio archive); official project documentation was by Paulo Catrica (book 'Alexandre Farto AKA Vhils no Teatro Nacional D. Maria II', ed. Carlos Vargas) — attribution of this specific frame unverified (web-research)"},"wallStatus":"indoor","note":"Projeto Memória — four actress portraits (Amélia Rey Colaço, Beatriz Costa, Palmira Bastos, Laura Alves) carved in the Salão Nobre of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in 2014. NOTE: the theatre is closed for full renovation until 18 September 2026 — the four portraits survived the works, protected in place, and will be visible again when it reopens.","medium":"Walls"},{"kind":"project","slug":"43rd-anniversary-of-the-25-april-1974","title":"43rd Anniversary of the 25 April 1974","year":2017,"lat":38.7132,"lng":-9.1546,"addr":"Palacete de São Bento, Rua da Imprensa à Estrela 4, 1200-888 Lisboa, Portugal","hero":{"src":"/images/bcbf18eb487c5e755da7bb7869569e86-1600.webp","srcset":"/images/bcbf18eb487c5e755da7bb7869569e86-480.webp 480w, /images/bcbf18eb487c5e755da7bb7869569e86-960.webp 960w, /images/bcbf18eb487c5e755da7bb7869569e86-1600.webp 1600w","w":1600,"h":1066},"wallStatus":"extant","note":"The eight-ton concrete carnation in the gardens of the Prime Minister’s official residence (Palacete de São Bento) — permanent since April 2017. The gardens open to the public on Sundays, free, except when official events intervene.","medium":"Walls"},{"kind":"project","slug":"roger-kahan-lisbon-portugal","title":"Roger Kahan","year":2023,"lat":38.70154,"lng":-9.16179,"addr":"Gare Marítima da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, Cais da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, Avenida Brasília, 1350-352 Lisboa, Portugal","hero":{"src":"/images/ba06fe4acfe49a02d945b43d1add0e40-2048.webp","srcset":"/images/ba06fe4acfe49a02d945b43d1add0e40-480.webp 480w, /images/ba06fe4acfe49a02d945b43d1add0e40-960.webp 960w, /images/ba06fe4acfe49a02d945b43d1add0e40-1600.webp 1600w, /images/ba06fe4acfe49a02d945b43d1add0e40-2048.webp 2048w","w":2048,"h":1368,"caption":"VHILSTUDIO Artist Portfolio 2025, official"},"wallStatus":"extant","note":"Roger Kahan — the 1940 photograph by the refugee photographer recreated on the quay wall of the Gare Marítima da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, beside the original mailbox n.º 591 that appears in the picture. 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