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Algés (Oeiras)

Algés (Portuguese: [alˈʒɛʃ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, in Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo. The population in 2011 was 22,273, in an area of 1.98 km². The parish is located near the Tagus river, between the town of Oeiras and the capital city of Lisbon. It is also a part of the Greater Lisbon Area. It is mostly a residential suburb. Algés was elevated to a town on August 1…

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Soundcheck Passing Strangers @ Estádio do Restelo
Soundcheck Passing Stran…
1,2 mi. NE Algés
The Circuito de Monsanto, or Monsanto Park Circuit, was a race track in Monsanto Forest Park, near Lisbon, Portugal which hosted the Portuguese Grand Prix. Built on parklands, the circuit was considered difficult to drive because it crossed so many different types of surfaces, including tramlines at one point. The track hosted numerous races from 1954 to 1959, but only one race qualified as a Formula One event: the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix, won by Stirling Moss. He won the race in the twiligh…
wikipedia/Circuito_de_Monsanto
Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Velha
Church of Nossa Senhora …
Lisbon
The Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Velha) is a church in the civil parish of Madalena, in the municipality of Lisbon. The Church of Conceição dos Freires, or Conceição Velha, (known as the Church of the Misericórdia) was not included in the original plans to reconstruct the Lisbon riverfront, even though it was partially ruined. Instead, King Joseph gave the monks from the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (which was destroyed) the locat…
wikipedia/Church_of_Nossa_Senhora_da_Conceição_Velha
Tejo Power Station
Tejo Power Station
Pedrouços
The Tejo Power Station is a former coal-fired power station in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal that operated from 1908 to 1975. It now houses the Museu da Electricidade (Electricity Museum) complex. Former Tejo Power Station Previously, the Tejo Power Station, known as the Junqueira Power Station, was a small electricity factory. It was built in 1909 and based on a project by engineer Lucien Neu, with architectural execution carried out by Charles Vieillard and Fernand Touzet. The buildin…
wikipedia/Tejo_Power_Station_(architectural_ensemble)
Parque Eduardo VII
Parque Eduardo VII
5 mi. NE Algés
The Casa dos Bicos (Portuguese: [ˈkazɐ ðuʒ ˈβikuʃ]; "House of the Beaks/Spikes") is a historical house in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the Portuguese municipality of Lisbon. The house, built in the early 16th century in the Alfama neighbourhood, has a curious façade of spikes, influenced by Italian Renaissance palaces and Portuguese Manueline styles. It survived the disastrous 1755 Lisbon earthquake that destroyed much of the city, but over time was abandoned as a residence and used…
wikipedia/Casa_dos_Bicos
Parque Eduardo VII
Parque Eduardo VII
5 mi. NE Algés
The National Archive of Torre do Tombo (Portuguese: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Portuguese: [ɐɾˈkivu nɐsjuˈnal dɐ ˈtoʁɨ ðu ˈtõbu]) is the Portuguese national archive located in the civil parish of Alvalade, in the municipality of central-northern Lisbon. Established in 1378, it was renamed the Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais (Institute of the National Archives) in 2009. History The archive is one of the oldest institutions in Portugal, since its installation in one of the towers of the …
wikipedia/Torre_do_Tombo_National_Archive
Navy Museum
Navy Museum
Algés
A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the military use of the sea. The great prize of a maritime museum is a historic ship (or a replica) made accessible as a museum ship, but as these are large and require a considerable budget to maintain, many museums preserve smaller or more fragile ships or partial sh…
wikipedia/Maritime_museum
Parque Eduardo VII - Lisboa - Portugal
Parque Eduardo VII - Lis…
5 mi. NE Algés
Instituto Superior Técnico MHSE • MHIP (IST, also known colloquially as Técnico, and stylized TÉCNICO LISBOA) is a public school of engineering and technology, part of University of Lisbon. It was founded as an autonomous school in 1911, and integrated in the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in 1930. IST is the largest school of engineering in Portugal by number of enrolled students, faculty size, scientific production and patents. IST has three campi, all located in the Lisbon metropolitan area: …
wikipedia/Instituto_Superior_Técnico
museu nacional dos coches
museu nacional dos coches
2 mi. SE Algés
The Lisbon Astronomical Observatory (Portuguese: Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa) is an astronomical observatory located in Tapada da Ajuda, in the civil parish of Alcântara, municipality of Lisbon. Recognized internationally for its quality of work in the field of positioning astronomy (since the 19th century), in 1992, it became a dependency of the University of Lisbon (and later, part of the Faculty of Sciences), responsible for scientific and historical research, along with media relation…
wikipedia/Lisbon_Astronomical_Observatory
Teatro Aberto
Teatro Aberto
4 mi. NE Algés
The (Portuguese for National Library of Portugal) is the Portuguese national library, fulfilling the function of legal deposit and copyright. History The library was created by Decree of 29 February 1796, under the name of Royal Public Library of the Court (Portuguese: Real Biblioteca Pública da Corte). The library's objective was to allow the general public access to the court's collections, thus bucking the trend of the time only available to scholars and sages could access the treasures, man…
wikipedia/Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Portugal
Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Lisboa
Jardim Botânico da Unive…
4 mi. NE Algés
The Bemposta Palace (), also known as the Paço da Rainha (Queen’s Palace), is a neoclassical palace in the area of Bemposta, now the civil parish of Pena, in Lisbon. It was originally built for Queen Dowager Catherine of Braganza on her return from London to Lisbon and served for many years as her residence. It was then transferred to the Casa do Infantado (the property of the younger son of the King of Portugal), before becoming the residence of John VI of Portugal until his death. After Queen …
wikipedia/Bemposta_Palace
Lisboa - street art (Bairro Padre Cruz)
Lisboa - street art (Bai…
5 mi. NE Algés
The Eusébio Cup is a pre-season friendly football match hosted by Portuguese club S.L. Benfica since 2008. It has been played mostly at their home stadium, Estádio da Luz, with the two exceptions being the 2015 and 2018 editions (played at Estadio BBVA and Estádio Algarve, respectively). The two-team competition is named after Portuguese international and former Benfica player Eusébio, who presented the trophy to the winning team until 2013, before his death in January 2014. There were plans to …
wikipedia/Eusébio_Cup
Igreja de São Roque - Lisboa - Portugal
Igreja de São Roque - Li…
5 mi. NE Algés
The Café A Brasileira (Portuguese: [kɐˈfɛ ɐ βɾɐziˈlɐjɾɐ]; "The Brazilian Café") is a café at 120 Rua Garrett (at one end of the Largo do Chiado in the district of the same name), in the civil parish of Sacramento, near the Baixa-Chiado metro stop and close to the University. One of the oldest and most famous cafés in the old quarter of Lisbon and constantly active, the shop was opened by Adrian Telles to import and sell Brazilian coffee in the 19th century, then a rarity in the households of Lis…
wikipedia/Café_A_Brasileira
Palácio dos Marqueses da Fronteira, Lisbon
Palácio dos Marqueses da…
4 mi. NE Algés
Campo de Benfica was a football grass field in Lisbon, Portugal. After Benfica absorbed Desportos de Benfica on 17 September 1916, it started using as headquarters, the facilities in Avenida Gomes Pereira, in the back there was a football field since 1914 which was used by some clubs in Lisbon which did not have their own, like GS Cruz Quebrada. Benfica celebrated with Empresa dos Melhoramentos de Benfica (EMB) - owner of the land where the field was located - an annual rent deal of 840$00 escud…
wikipedia/Campo_de_Benfica
One of the paths running alongside Parque Eduardo VII
One of the paths running…
5 mi. NE Algés
The Ministry of Education (Portuguese: Ministério da Educação or ME), is a Portuguese government ministry. External links •
wikipedia/Ministry_of_Education_(Portugal)
074-Aguas Livres
074-Aguas Livres
4 mi. NE Algés
Sorefame (an abbreviation of ''Sociedades Reunidas de Fabricações Metálicas) was a Portuguese manufacturer of railway rolling stock and industrial equipment, such as dam gates equipment. The company was established in 1943. In the 1990s the company was split into a rolling stock company Nova Sorefame and a dam equipment company Hidrosorefame; Hidrosorefame was acquired by Alstom, the rolling stock business became part of ABB's rail transport division, later Adtranz, and in 2001 part of Bombardi…
wikipedia/Sorefame
Teatro Aberto
Teatro Aberto
4 mi. NE Algés
Campo de Sete Rios was a football grass field in Lisbon, Portugal. When the rent at Quinta da Feiteira became too high in 1908, the managing directors looked for a solution. In the end of 1912, thanks to Cosme Damião, Benfica rented a field in a farm in Sete Rios for $250 yearly. To be able to support the rent and adequate the field, Benfica launched a fund raiser. The field was rented on 1 January 1913 next to the railway station de Sete Rios. Benfica then build a stand for 10,000 people and a …
wikipedia/Campo_de_Sete_Rios
Igreja de São Roque - Lisboa - Portugal
Igreja de São Roque - Li…
5 mi. NE Algés
The Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT) is an organization within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal which evaluates and funds scientific research activities, in particular in the areas of natural sciences, exact sciences, social sciences and humanities. FCT was founded in 1997, succeeding the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica. Vision • To establish Portugal as a global reference i…
wikipedia/Fundação_para_a_Ciência_e_Tecnologia
Lisboa - street art (Bairro Padre Cruz)
Lisboa - street art (Bai…
5 mi. NE Algés
Campo da Feiteira was a football dirt field in Lisbon, Portugal. It started as field for Grupo Sport de Benfica to organize Sports Festivals. On 26 May 1907, Grupo Sport de Benfica officially taken over of Quinta da Feiteira, next to Estrada de Benfica, having from now on, a 120 meters per 79 metres field, for $20 a semester. On 14 July 1907 it celebrated here, the first anniversary of Grupo Sport de Benfica. Grupo Sport Lisboa (GSL) did not have a field in its originating area (Belém) but since…
wikipedia/Campo_da_Feiteira
Fishing, Lisbon, Portugal 2009
Fishing, Lisbon, Portuga…
0,9 mi. SE Algés
The Fort of São Sebastião de Caparica (Portuguese: Forte de São Sebastião de Caparica) also known as the Tower of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Torre de São Sebastião) or Fortress of the Old Tower (Portuguese: Fortaleza de Torre Velha) is a medieval fortification located in Monte da Caparica, civil parish of Caparica, in the municipality of Almada, in the Portuguese central region of Península de Setúbal. The fortress of Torre Velha is one of the more important examples of Renaissance-era military …
wikipedia/Fort_of_São_Sebastião_de_Caparica
Lisbon and the Tagus River (1960) - Abel Manta (1888-1982)
Lisbon and the Tagus Riv…
0,2 mi. SW Algés
09t3
09t3
5 mi. SW Algés
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Sete Rios
Lisboa, Castelo de São Jorge from Figueira Square [26.11.2015]
Lisboa, Castelo de São …
5 mi. NE Algés
Lisboa 2012/B425
Lisboa 2012/B425
4 mi. NE Algés
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