Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1755, a lokacin mulkin Sarki José I, a
Babban girgizar kasa ta biyo bayan tsunami da wuta sun lalata yawancin Lisbon, gami da Fadar Ribeira da sauran gine-gine da ke bakin kogi. Firayim Ministan José I, Marquis na Pombal, ya daidaita babban aikin sake ginawa wanda masanin gine-ginen Fotigal Eugénio dos Santos ya jagoranta. Ya tsara babban, murabba'i mai kusurwa huɗu a cikin siffar "U", buɗe zuwa Tagus. Gidajen suna da dakunan tarihi a kan benayen su, kuma makamai na "U" sun ƙare a cikin manyan hasumiya biyu, suna tunawa da hasumiya mai girma na fadar Ribeira da aka lalata, har yanzu yana da rai a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar birnin. An fahimci shirinsa kusan gaba ɗaya, kodayake an canza cikakkun bayanai na ado kuma an gama hasumiyar gabas ta square da Augusta Street Arch ne kawai a karni na 19. Wani masanin Portuguese mai suna Santos de Carvalho ne ya tsara wannan babban ginin kuma aka kammala shi a shekara ta 1873. Sashe na sama ya haɗa da mutum-mutumi da ke wakiltar mahimman mutane na Fotigal kamar Vasco da Gama da Marquis na Pombal.