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Cascais - The market

13 Feb 2019 18 21 359
PIP please. Cascais is a municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population in 2011 was 206,479, in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is a major tourist destination and has many international residents. Cascais's history as a cosmopolitan haven for the rich and famous originates in the 1870s, when King Luís I of Portugal and the Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their summer residence, thus attracting members of the Portuguese aristocracy, who established a summer community there and is famous for the numerous kings and royal families that have called it home, including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and King Umberto II of Italy. It is one of the wealthiest municipalities in both Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula. It has one of the most expensive real estate markets and one of the highest costs of living in the country and it is consistently ranked highly for the quality of life you can find there. Wikipedia