Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Portugal yakava nhengo yeEuropean Community (EC) muna 1986, uye yakazogamuchira mari yakawanda yokukurudzira kuvandudzwa. Zvivako zvemuno zveLisbon zvakavandudzwa nemari itsva uye chiteshi chayo chemidziyo chakava chikuru pamhenderekedzo yeAtlantic. Guta racho raiva mukurumbira seGuta reEuropean reCulture ra1994, uyewo rakagamuchira Expo '98 uye
Makwikwi eEuropean Football Championships muna 2004. Gore ra2006 rakaona kuenderera mberi kwemapurojekiti ekuvandudzwa kwemaguta muguta rose, kubva pakudzorerwa kwePraça de Touros (Lisbon's bullring) uye kuvhurwa kwayo zvakare senzvimbo yezviitiko zvakawanda, kusvika pakuvandudzwa kwehurongwa hwemetro nekuvakwazve kwezvivakwa muAlfama.