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The population in 2011 was 2,821,876, of whom 547,733 (19.4%) live in the city of Lisbon. About 26.7% of the total population of Portugal lives in the Lisbon metropolitan area. [8] The area of the Lisbon metropolitan area is 3,015.24 km 2, which is 3.3% of the total area of Portugal. [9]
Lisbon (/ ˈ l ɪ z b ən / ⓘ LIZ-bən; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [2] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [3] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [4]
Belém Tower, a Manueline military outpost built in the Tagus river.. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal by Afonso III, royal surveys, or inquirições gerais (general inquiries), were made at his command to inspect titles of lands claimed by the nobility and clergy, [4] determined that the population around Lisbon was dispersed throughout the lowlands, which were suitable for ...
Misericórdia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌmizɨɾiˈkɔɾðjɐ]) 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.
Originally constructed in 1598, São Bento has served as the seat of Portugal's parliament since 1834, when the former monastery of the Benedictine Order was dissolved after the Liberal Wars. During the Portuguese constitutional monarchy , the palace served as the seat of the Cortes Gerais , the traditional parliaments of Portugal , until 1910.
Coat of arms of the Misericórdia of Lisbon. The institution traces its official foundation to 1498, when Queen Leonor opened the Misericórdia of Lisbon. [1] Recently made a widow by the death of King John II of Portugal, the Queen had begun dedicating herself intensely to the sick, poor, orphans, prisoners, artists, and sponsored the founding of the brotherhood, based on the model of ...