Campolide () is a ''
freguesia'' (civil parish) and district 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 ...
, the capital of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of
Avenidas Novas, north of
Campo de Ourique
Campo de Ourique () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Campoli ...
, east of
Benfica, and south of
São Domingos de Benfica
São Domingos de Benfica () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica is east of Benfica, south of Carnide, west of Alvalade, and north of Campolide. Th ...
. The population in 2011 was 15,460,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal
History
Campolide was the site of a major battle on 5 September 1833, when the forces of
Dom Miguel attacked those of
Dom Pedro Dom Pedro (''Lord Peter'') is the traditional Portuguese appellation of several kings of Portugal:
* Peter I of Portugal
* Peter II of Portugal
* Peter III of Portugal
* Pedro IV of Portugal
* Pedro V of Portugal
and of the two 19th-century Emperors ...
, as Pedro attempted to wrest back control of Portugal from his brother.
[Neill Macaulay, ''Dom Pedro. The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal, 1798-1834'' (Durham: Duke University Press, 1986), p. 292]
Campolide was made a freguesia of Lisbon on February 7, 1959.
On 7 August 2008, two Brazilian robbers robbed a
Banco Espírito Santo branch kidnapping six hostages, including the bank manager. This hostage hijacking ended with the intervention of the
special forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
of Portuguese police.
Population
Landmarks
*
Águas Livres Aqueduct
The Águas Livres Aqueduct ( pt, Aqueduto das Águas Livres, , "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main c ...
*''
Palácio da Justiça''
*
Central Mosque of Lisbon
The Central Mosque of Lisbon () is the main mosque of Lisbon, Portugal, serving the capital city's Islamic community, the mosque is Europe's third largest mosque outside of Turkey. The building was designed by the architects António Maria Bra ...
*
NOVA University Lisbon
NOVA University Lisbon ( pt, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, ), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital ...
References
External links
Parishes of Lisbon
{{lisbon-geo-stub