Vieira Park is a
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
in
San Jose, California, on
Communications Hill.
History
Vieira Park was laid out and dedicated in 2004.
The park is named after the Vieira family, a prominent
Portuguese-American family of San Jose, of
Azorean
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origin, which has owned land on
Communications Hill since 1896.
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Location
Vieira Park sits atop Communications Hill.
The park has an outlook of Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains
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.
See also
* Communications Hill
References
External links
Vieira Park at City of San José Parks & Recreation
Parks in San Jose, California
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