Almada Fórum is the third-largest shopping center in

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 share ...

and in the

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. It is situated in Vale de Mourelos, in the

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 Portuguese over ...

of Feijó and

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Almada Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 20 ...

. It opened in 2002 and has a total leasable space of 78,815 m². It hosts 262 shops, including a

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(

Auchan Auchan () is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France. It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company. With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% ...

) and 35 restaurants. Almada Forum stretches over three floors. In 2018, the Spanish group Merlin Properties bought Almada Forum for €406.7 million.

Awards

*2003 - Best Shopping center in Europe *2004 - Full Design and Development Award - Best Shopping Center of the World 2004, by ICSC - 28th edition of International Council of Shopping Centers

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Almada Forum 2002 establishments in Portugal Shopping malls in Portugal Shopping malls established in 2002