Lisbon · Alcântara
LX Factory
A nineteenth-century textile complex under the bridge, now studios, galleries and a bookshop in a printworks
Ler Devagar, a bookshop in a former printing hall with the presses still in place
A textile and printing complex from 1846, abandoned for decades and occupied since 2008 by studios, galleries, design shops, restaurants and a bookshop that fills a former printing hall across three levels with the old machinery left in place.
It is directly under the approach to the April 25th bridge, which means a continuous low rumble overhead that nobody minds. The Sunday market and the rooftop bars are the busiest parts.
The detail
Good to know
- Site
- Textile complex of 1846
- Reopened
- 2008 as a creative quarter
- Ler Devagar
- Bookshop in the old printing hall
- Sunday
- Market across the site
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