Júlio Verne, the famous French writer author of works such as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth", spent 48 hours in Lisbon during one of his trips across Europe. The writer's visit to the Portuguese capital was brief but memorable, allowing him to see some of the main points of the city.
During his stay in Lisbon, Júlio Verne dined at a hotel that became immortalized in Portuguese literature. This is Hotel Central, located in Chiado, which was described by Eça de Queirós in the novel "Os Maias", one of the most important works of Portuguese literature of the 19th century.
The connection between the two great writers of the era demonstrates the importance of Lisbon as a destination for international figures in the late 19th century. The fact that Verne chose to dine precisely at that hotel, already then recognized for its reference in Eça de Queirós's work, shows the international spread of the Portuguese novel.
