Campo de Ourique () is a ''
freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of
Lisbon
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, the capital of
Portugal
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. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of
Alcântara, north of
Estrela, west of
Santo António
Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Regio ...
, and south of
Campolide
Campolide () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of Avenidas Novas, north of Campo de Ourique, east of Benfica (Lisbon), Benfica, and south of São Domingo ...
. The population in 2011 was 22,120.
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal ''( CSV)''
History
This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, merging the former parishes of
Santo Condestável and
Santa Isabel.
Currently the priest responsible for the parish is Father José Manuel Pereira de Almeida.
Notable people
Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa lived in Campo de Ourique and his apartment is now a museum. He is probably the most famous person, that lived in Campo de Ourique.
Several personalities lived in Campo de Ourique:
Fernando Pessoa,
Luís de Sttau Monteiro
Luís Infante de la Cerda Sttau Monteiro (April 3, 1926 – July 23, 1993) was a Portuguese writer, novelist and playwright, a man to whom "the only sacred thing was to be free as the wind".
Life
Monteiro was born and died in Lisbon, Portugal. Wh ...
,
Jorge Costa Pinto
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
, Jorge Borges de Macedo,
Rão Kyao, João Afonso, Manuel João Vieira, João D'Ávila, Fernanda Lapa, Fernanda Borsatti,
Miguel Simões, João Peste, São José Lapa, Jorge Silva Melo, José Nascimento, Jorge Martins, Artur Varatojo, Manuel Costa Cabral, Luís Varatojo, Guida Maria, Judith Teixeira.
References
Parishes of Lisbon
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