Have you heard of a Babymoon? Its when you and your partner take a final vacation before your baby comes. Well...we are expecting our first "bundle of joy" at the beginning of the year and we indulged in this new trend. So, we went to Portugal! Yes, we were able to do some international travel, even during the dark times of COVID. Portugal is beautiful! We spent a few days in Lisbon, then took a short drive to Sintra to spend the weekend at a luxurious resort settled in the mountains. The grounds used to be an old monastery but is now home to an expansive golf course, relaxing spa, Michelin star restaurants and resort hotel. We definitely engaged in the "treat yourself" mentality.
Here are some facts about Lisbon you may not know (that I either learned or grabbed off the internet):
- Lisbon is a port town but is actually on the Tagus River and not directly on the Atlantic Ocean
- There is a "replica" Golden Gate Bridge" in Lisbon, called the 25th of April Bridge, as the city is akin to San Fransisco, California.
- Lisbon was shook by a massive 7.7 earthquake and tsunami in the eighteenth century (similar to San Fransisco) which led to massive changes and reconstruction of the city
- The oldest bookstore in the world is in Lisbon
I'm a big fan of Muir Way maps which if you haven't checked them out, go there now. They did a 3D Relief of Portugal using a 1899 Geologic Map so this inspired me to look for more recent data and make my own geologic chart. The geology of a location doesn't change much, but the accuracy of the data does, so I wanted to compare 21st century data with the 19th century map.
The geologic data for Portugal is collected and processed by Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG) and shared by OneGeology-Europe with a Common license. The data was available at the 1 Million scale from 2015 as a shapefile. This was very easy to work with in the GIS. I used the International Chronostratigraphic Chart to symbolize the data with the correct coloring according the global standards set by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). I used Figma to design the map similarly to the 1899 Geologic Chart of Portugal and voila! you have an updated 21st Century Geologic Map of Portugal WITH a Legend. I hope you enjoy!
Muir Way: Vintage Relief Map of Portugal