Campolide () is a ''

freguesia ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...

'' (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. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

, 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 th ...

. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of

Avenidas Novas Avenidas Novas () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Avenidas Novas is to the south of Alvalade, west of Areeiro, east of Campolide, and north of Santo António. The popul ...

, 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 Camp ...

, east of Benfica, and south of São Domingos de Benfica. 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 Banco Espírito Santo (BES) was a Portuguese bank based in Lisbon that on 4 August 2014 was split in two banks: Novo Banco, which kept its healthy operations, and a "bad bank" to keep its toxic assets. It once was the second-largest listed Por ...

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 equi ...

of Portuguese police.

Population

Landmarks

* Águas Livres Aqueduct *'' 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 Braga ...

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 capita ...

References

External links

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