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Misericórdia Hospital And Church
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 home to numerous famous neighborhoods, including Bairro Alto, Príncipe Real, and parts of Chiado. The population in 2011 was 13,044.Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal History This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Mercês,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Jorge Castle
São Jorge Castle (; ), sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the ''freguesia'' of Santa Maria Maior. Human occupation of the castle hill dates to at least the 8th century BC while the oldest fortifications on the site date from the 2nd century BC. The hill on which Saint George's Castle stands has played an important part in the history of Lisbon, having served as the location of fortifications occupied successively by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors, before its conquest by the Portuguese in the 1147 Siege of Lisbon. Since the 12th century, the castle has variously served as a royal palace, a military barracks, home of the Torre do Tombo National Archive, and now as a national monument and museum. History Although the first fortifications on this hilltop date from the 1st century BC, archaeological excavations have identified a human presence in the Tagus valley as far ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrela (Lisbon)
Estrela () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Estrela is south of Campo de Ourique, west of Misericórdia, and east of Alcântara (Lisbon), Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 20,128.Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal The Portuguese word ''estrela'' means star in English. History This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Lapa (Lisbon), Lapa, Santos-o-Velho (Lisbon), Santos-o-Velho and Prazeres (Lisbon), Prazeres.Landmarks The parish is the site of the Assembly of the Rep ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmo Convent
The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel () is a former Catholic convent located in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. The medieval convent was ruined during the sequence of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, and the destroyed Gothic ''Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel'' () on the southern facade of the convent is the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the old city. History The monastery was founded in 1389 by the Constable D. Nuno Álvares Pereira (supreme military commander of the King),Pereira served King John I, commanding the Portuguese army in the decisive Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), in which the Portuguese guaranteed their independence by defeating the Castilian army. from the small Carmelite convent situated on lands acquired from his sister Beatriz Pereira and the admiral Pessanha. The reconstruction of the convent began sometime in 1393. In 1407, the presbytery and apse of the conventual church was completed, allowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (Lisbon)
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encarnação (Lisbon)
Encarnação may refer to: * Encarnação (novel), 1893 novel by José de Alencar * Encarnação (Lisbon), former parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Encarnação (Lisbon Metro), station on the Lisbon Metro * José Luis Encarnação (born 1941), Portuguese computer scientist * Telma Encarnação (born 2001), Portuguese footballer {{disambiguation, geo, surname Portuguese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina (Lisbon)
Santa Catarina (English language, English: ''Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine'') is a former parish (''freguesia'') in the Municipalities of Portugal, municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Misericórdia (Lisbon), Misericórdia. ''Diário da República'', 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012. Its area is 0.21 km2, and its population exceeds 4081 inhabitants (density 19433 inhabitants/km2). History The civil parish was instituted in on October 9, 1559, when it was de-annexed from the neighbouring parishes of Loreto (which later became Encarnação (Lisbon), Encarnação and Mártires, and incl ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercês (Lisbon)
Mercês can refer to: * Mercês (Minas Gerais), a place in Brazil * Mercês (Lisbon), a place in Portugal * Merces (Goa), a locality besides Panaji, Tiswadi in Goa, India * Merces (Vasai), a locality besides Mumbai(Bombay), Thane in Maharashtra, India {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiado
The Chiado () is a neighborhood in the historic center of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Chiado is an important cultural and commercial district, known for its luxury shopping, historic landmarks, and its numerous theatres and museums. In 1988, the Chiado area was severely affected by a fire. Following an extensive rehabilitation project by Pritzker-winning architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, the Chiado has recovered and become one of the most valuable real estate markets in Portugal. Name The toponym Chiado has existed since around 1567. Initially the name referred to Garrett Street, and later to the whole surrounding area. The most widely cited possible origin for the name is related to António Ribeiro (c.1520–1591), a popular poet from Évora who lived in the area and whose nickname was "chiado" ("squeak"). A bronze statue of the poet, by sculptor ''Costa Mota (tio)'', was placed in the Chiado Square in 1925. History The Chiado has been inhabited since at least Roman tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo António (Lisbon)
Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe. Its population is 2,620 (2012), about 35% of the island's population.São Tomé and Príncipe www.citypopulation.de The town is known for its and for its churches: Church of Our Lady of the Conception and Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Maior (Lisbon)
Santa Maria Maior () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Santa Maria Maior is to the west of São Vicente, east of Misericórdia, and south of Arroios and Santo António. It is home to numerous historic monuments, including Lisbon Cathedral, the Rossio, and the Praça do Comércio, as well as famous neighborhoods, such as the Lisbon Baixa, as well as parts of Bairro Alto and Alfama. The population in 2011 was 12,822,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal History The parish was created by the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
