Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara

This guide to Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara in Lisbon follows Fred Kradolfer, a young Zurich-trained designer who arrived in the city in 1924 and never left. It traces his career designing posters for Portugal's propaganda secretariat, shown at the Paris and New York World's Fairs, before turning to the quiet commission that brought him to this railing in his late fifties. You'll hear how Lisbon's city council approached him in the early 1960s and what he was asked to map from this exact spot. Trace the balustrade to see where his work still stands.