Campo Grande is a

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and former Portuguese civil parish (''

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'') in the

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Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish

Alvalade Alvalade () is a (civil parish) and typical Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Alvalade is south of Lumiar and Olivais, Lisbon, Olivais, west of Marvila, Lisbon, Marvila, east ...

History

In the 12th century, the area was a zone of pastures, vineyards, farms and vegetable gardens and marked one of the entrances and exits to the city of Lisbon. A few centuries later, in 1520, the Campo Grande Garden (Jardim do Campo Grande) went from being a strictly rural area to a public space or patio. More than a hundred years later, in 1680, the first garden boulevard was laid out. The

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of Campo Grande, which has been known since 1602, was known as "The Kings of Alvalade". This name was probably due to the presence of a small hermitage of the Invocation of the Three Holy Kings dating from the 16th century. This hermitage, partially destroyed by the 1755 earthquake, was the starting point for the gathering of small communities around it. After the earthquake, the hermitage was rebuilt in place of the Church of the Holy Magi. Diogo Inácio de Pina Manique, known for his role as Intendant-General of the Police, gave the space a new lease of life with an annual fair, which began in 1778. Still a garden on the outskirts of Lisbon, situated in an eminently rural area, the Campo Grande Garden was seen as a place for the upper classes, who went there to watch and bet on horse races in 1816. Campo Grande only became a civil parish (''

'') in the municipality of Lisbon in 1885. On the land neighbouring the garden, in the manufacturing boom of the 19th century, a number of industries began to spring up, mainly dedicated to beer, wool, chemicals, diamond cutting and rope making. A well-known example was the Lusitânia woollen factory, opened in 1842, which today houses the Lusófona University.

Alfredo Holtreman, Viscount of Alvalade His Lordship Alfredo Holtreman, Visconde of Alvalade (Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman; 6 April 1837 – 7 June 1920), was a Portuguese aristocrat, lawyer, land tenant, businessman and philanthropist. Alfredo Holtreman wasn’t born into arist ...

and his family, founders of

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

in 1906, provisionally known as Campo Grande Sporting Club, lived in the area and were owners of several estates there.

Main institutions

University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; ) is a public university, public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former Universit ...

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(The National Library) *

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(Portugal's national archive) *

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Câmara (meaning " chamber") is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It may also refer to: People * António de Vasconcelos e Sousa Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 8th Count of Calheta, 4th Marquis of Castelo Melhor and Constable of Portuga ...

's Services (Lisbon City Hall's service center) * Museu da Cidade (Lisbon's City Museum) *

Universidade Lusófona Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest private university in Portugal. It is also the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and ...

of Lisbon

Transport

The Campo Grande Station of

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operates as an

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and is part of a major

transport hub A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between mode of transport, transport modes. Public transport hubs include train station, railway stations, metro station, rapid transit stations, bus ...

of the

Greater Lisbon Grande Lisboa () or Greater Lisbon is a Portuguese NUTS II and III region and subregion. It was previously only a NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa Region and, previously, in the Lisboa e Vale do Tejo until it was abolished at the J ...

area located in Campo Grande.

References

Former parishes of Lisbon {{lisbon-geo-stub