Santa Justa Lift
| Santa Justa Elevator/Lift (Elevador de Santa Justa) | |
| Carmo Lift | |
| Lift (Elevador) | |
_historic_elevator_Santa_Justa_Luca_Galuzzi_2006.jpg) An image of the Santa Justa Lift in the evening
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| Official name: Elevador do Carmo | |
| Country |  Portugal |
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| Region | Lisboa |
| Subregion | Greater Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Municipality | Lisbon |
| Location | Sacramento |
| - elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°42′43.64″N 9°8′21.92″W / 38.7121222°N 9.1394222°WCoordinates: 38°42′43.64″N 9°8′21.92″W / 38.7121222°N 9.1394222°W |
| Height | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Engineer | Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Materials | Iron, Wood, Glass, Cement |
| Origin | c. 1874 |
| - Initiated | 2 June 1900 |
| - Completion | c. 1902 |
| Owner | Portuguese Republic |
| For public | Public |
| Visitation | Closed (Mondays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May and 25 December) |
| Easiest access | Rua de Santa Justa |
| Management | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
| Operator | Carris |
| Summer | 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. |
| Winter | 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
| Status | National Monument |
| Listing | Decree No.5/2002; DR 42, 19 February 2002 |
 Location of the elevator within the municipality of Lisbon
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The Santa Justa Lift (Portuguese: Elevador de Santa Justa, pronounced: [elɨvɐˈdoɾ dɨ ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈʒuʃtɐ]), also called Carmo Lift (Portuguese: Elevador do Carmo, [elɨvɐˈdoɾ du ˈkaɾmu]), is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Justa, in the historical city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa, it connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo Square).
Since its construction, the Lift has become a tourist attraction for Lisbon as, among the urban lifts in the city, Santa Justa is the only remaining vertical (conventional) one. Others, including Elevador da Glória and Elevador da Bica, are actually funicular railways, and the other lift constructed around the same time, the Elevator of São Julião, has since been demolished.
The hills of Lisbon have always presented a problem for travel between the lower streets of the main Baixa and the higher Largo do Carmo (Carmo Square)., In order to facilitate the movement between the two, the civil and military engineer Roberto Arménio presented a project to the Lisbon municipal council in 1874. A similar project was suggested in 1876, that included rail-lines that would be pulled by animals up an inclined plane.
In May 1882 founder and representative of the Companhia dos Ascensores Mecânicos de Lisboa, Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard, petitioned the city council for permission to explore alternative plans for constructing an inclined transport moved by mechanical means. On 1 June 1882, Mesnier, a Porto-born engineer of French parentage, was granted a licence to proceed.
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