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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim da Praça do ImpérioIt was built for the Portuguese World Exhibition (1940), which commemorated the 800th anniversary of the independence of Portugal and the 300th anniversary of the Restoration. The Illuminated Fountain was also built at that time.The garden is (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim da Quinta dos 7 Castelos
Website: http://www.cm-oeiras.pt/voeiras/Turismo/OndeIr/Paginas/Patri (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim da RepúblicaThe Jardim da República in Horta is a pleasant leisure area with wide avenues and grassed parterres, a small romantic lake edged with lava stones and a bandstand where concerts and other performances take place.Here you can discover the most (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim das Amoreiras ou Jardim Marcelino MesquitaThe Marcelino Mesquita garden, named after the dramatist, poet and writer, is in the Parish of S.Mamede. It was designed and inaugurated in 1759 by the Marquis of Pombal, with 331 mulberry trees. The intention was to stimulate the Portuguese (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim da Torre de BelémUntil the middle of the 20th century, this was the site of the "Fábrica do Gás de Belém" (Belém Gas Works). The remodelling of the zone, with the planting of palm trees as a symbol of the new lands discovered by the Portuguese navigators, took place (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim do Campo GrandeIn the 16th century it was a common known as the Campo de Alvalade.The original park was an early 19th century garden built in the Romantic spirit. Horse races were first held here, and today a hippodrome keeps on operating near the garden for (...)
Website: http://www.jardimdocampogrande.pt
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim do Campo Mártires da PátriaThe Jardim do Campo Mártires da Pátria is in the centre of Ponta Delgada, close to some of the city's important buildings that you can include in your visit, such as the Municipal Cultural Centre, the Igreja da Conceição and the Palácio do Governo (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim do Paço EpiscopalBuilt on the orders of Bishop João de Mendonça at the beginning of the 18th century, the Garden of the Episcopal Palace is one of the most original examples of the Baroque in Portugal, and the distinguishing landmark of the city of Castelo (...)
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Gardens, Parks and ForestsJardim do Príncipe Real ou Jardim França BorgesThe França Borges Garden is named as a tribute to the Republican journalist of the same name. It is located in the Parish of Mercês and is also known as Príncipe Real Garden.Inspired in the English romantic fashion, the monumental, centuries-old (...)
