Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Portugal sonyeere European Community (EC) na 1986, ma mesịa nweta nnukwu ego iji kwalite mmepe. E ji ego ọhụrụ mee ka ihe ndị dị n'obodo Lisbon ka mma, ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri e ji ebu ngwongwo ghọkwara ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri kasị ukwuu n'ụsọ oké osimiri Atlantic. Obodo ahụ nọ n'ìhè dị ka 1994 European City of Culture, nakwa dị ka onye ọbịa nke Expo '98 na
Egwuregwu bọọlụ mba Yurop nke 2004. N'afọ 2006, a nọgidere na-arụ ọrụ mmezi obodo n'obodo niile, site na mweghachi nke Praça de Touros (Lisbon's bullring) na mmeghe ya dị ka ebe a na-eme ọtụtụ ihe, iji melite usoro metro na iwughachi ụlọ na Alfama.