Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ópera do Tejo, wanda aka buɗe a 1755, ya kasance 'yan watanni kawai. A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1755, wata babbar girgizar ƙasa
, kuma sakamakon tsunami da wuta sun hallaka fadar da mafi yawan Lisbon. An yi hasarar littattafai 70,000 na ɗakin karatu na sarauta da ke cikin fadar, da kuma ɗarurruwan zane-zane. An ɓoye littattafan da aka adana a gidan sarauta tare da cikakken tarihin binciken da Vasco da Gama da kuma wasu masu binciken teku suka yi. Sarki Joseph I bai kasance a fadar ba kuma ya tsira. Firayim Ministansa, Marquis na 1 na Pombal, ya daidaita babban aikin sake ginawa wanda zai haifar da Pombaline Downtown na Lisbon. Gidan sarauta ya bar yankin Ribeira kuma ya koma gidajen sarauta a yankunan Ajuda da Belém.