Elevador de Santa Justa

The Elevador de Santa Justa, Elevador do Carmo also called, is an elevator that connects the districts of Baixa and Chiado Pombal in Lisbon, Portugal. He gets up on the streets of Santa Justa and connects this downtown walk with Praza do Carmo, near the Museu Arqueológico do Carmo. This lift was designed by Raoul Mesnier de Ponsard, which also claimed responsibility in this very city, the Elevador do Lavra construction. There is evidence of a link of this with the famous engineer Gustave Eiffel. We only know that the engineer and architect Raoul Mesnier French Louis Reynaud applied in lifting some of these techniques and materials already used in France. The construction of the lift began in 1900 and ended in 1902. Its height is 45 meters.