Estrela () 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 Port ...

'' (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

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. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Estrela is south 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 ...

, west of

Misericórdia Misericórdia () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Misericórdia is to the east of Estrela, west of Santa Maria Maior, and south of Santo António. It is h ...

, and east of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 20,128.Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal

History

Igreja de São Francisco de Paula (Lisboa)

This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of

, merging the former parishes of Lapa, Santos-o-Velho and Prazeres.

Landmarks

The parish is the site of the Assembly of the Republic (the Portuguese

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) and of

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, the official residence of the

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. Further landmarks are the

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, the Convento das Bernardas, the building of the Rua das Janelas Verdes, the

Rua do Guarda-Mor The Rua do Guarda-Mor (Portuguese for ''"Street of the chief archivist"'') is a street in Lisbon, Portugal, which formerly belonged to the parish (freguesia) of Santos-o-Velho, more precisely to the sub-parish of Madragoa. Following the 2012 Li ...

, or the Rua do Sacramento.

Embassies

It also hosts many embassies, in particular,

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, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,

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and the

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References

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