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Mouraria is the historic Moorish quarter — the district where Muslim residents were permitted to live after the 1147 reconquest. Today it is Lisbon's most multicultural neighbourhood, with Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, and African communities layering upon Portuguese roots.
After the 1147 siege, Afonso Henriques confined the Moorish population to this quarter (mouraria = Moorish quarter). Over the centuries, it became one of Lisbon's poorest neighbourhoods, now undergoing careful revitalization.