sentences:  In 1709 at the Casa da Índia, the Jesuit priest Father Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrated the principles of hot air ballooning.He managed to levitate a ball indoors at the Casa da Índia in Lisbon.He later fled from Portugal to Spain, for fear of being accused of performing magic by the Inquisition
  
  The Great Earthquake of 1755 destroyed much of Lisbon, including Ribeira Palace, where the headquarters and naval yards of the Casa da Índia were located.