Leça da Palmeira () is a former

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in the municipality of

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in the

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area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira. It has 5.97 km² and had 17.215 inhabitants in the 2001

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. It has a rich cultural heritage, namely

Fort of Leça da Palmeira The Fort of Leça da Palmeira ( pt, Forte de Leça da Palmeira), or alternately the Castle of Matosinhos ( pt, Castelo de Matosinhos) is a 17th-century fort located in civil parish of Leça da Palmeira, municipality of Matosinhos in the Greater Por ...

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(Swimming Pools on the Beach) developed by the well-known architect Siza Vieira, Boa Nova Tea House (also developed by Siza Vieira), Quinta da Conceição Municipal Park (by

Fernando Távora Fernando Luís Cardoso de Meneses de Tavares e Távora, ComSE, simply known as Fernando Távora (Porto, August 25, 1923 - Matosinhos, September 3, 2005), was a renowned Portuguese architect and professor. Biography The sixth of seven children ...

) and other religious monuments as Corpo Santo, Santana, and Boa Nova churches. It is home of the international

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seaport, the country's second largest;

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, and an

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. In sport, the parish includes a football club, Leça FC, and a basketball club, Grupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leça.

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Junta de Freguesia de Leça da PalmeiraCâmara Municipal de MatosinhosGrupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leca
Former parishes of Matosinhos {{Porto-geo-stub