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The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbon, the capital and largest city of the country. The metropolitan area, covering 17 cities in 18 municipalities , is the largest urban area in the country and the 10th largest in the European Union ...
Santa Maria Maior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ mɐˈjɔɾ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district 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.
The region covers an area of 3001.95 km 2 (the smallest region on mainland Portugal) [3] and includes a population of 2,815,851 inhabitants according to the 2011 census (the second most populated region in Portugal after the Norte region), [4] a density of 1039 inhabitants/km 2.
Alcântara (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈkɐ̃tɐɾɐ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in western Lisbon, Alcântara is to the east of Ajuda and Belém and west of Estrela and Campo de Ourique. Alcântara had a population in 2011 of 13,943. [1]
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]
Vasco da Gama Tower is the tallest building in Portugal since 1998. This is a list of the tallest buildings in Portugal. Since 1998 the tallest building in Portugal has been the 145-metre (476 ft) Torre Vasco da Gama in Lisbon. The list only contains buildings at least 80 metres (260 ft) high.
The first of its kind (though many other local Misericórdias were established, throughout Portugal and its overseas colonies), it was established in 1498 by Queen Regent Eleanor of Viseu, as a Brotherhood with the Invocation of Our Lady of Mercy (headquartered in a chapel of the Lisbon Cathedral) comprising "one hundred men of good reputation ...
The Lisbon Metro (Portuguese: Metro de Lisboa) is a rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, [4] it was the first rapid transit system in Portugal. As of 2023, the system's four lines total 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) of route and serve 56 stations. [1]