Estrela, Lisbon Explained

Type:parish
Official Name:Estrela
Image Location:Estrela (Lisboa) localização.svg
Region:Lisbon
Metro:Lisbon
District:Lisbon
Municipality:Lisbon
Coordinates:38.714°N -9.16°W
Area Total:4.60
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:20128

Estrela (pronounced as /pt/) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Estrela is south of Campo de Ourique, west of Misericórdia, and east of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 20,128.[1] The Portuguese word estrela means star in English.

History

This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Lapa, Santos-o-Velho and Prazeres.[2]

Landmarks

The parish is the site of the Assembly of the Republic (the Portuguese Parliament) and of São Bento Mansion, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Portugal. Further landmarks are the Estrela Basilica, the Convento das Bernardas, the building of the Rua das Janelas Verdes, the Rua do Guarda-Mor, or the Rua do Sacramento.

Embassies

It also hosts many embassies, in particular, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
  2. Web site: List of the new parishes of Lisbon . Diário de Noticias newspaper . 27 October 2013 . pt . pdf . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193348/http://www.dn.pt/DNMultimedia/DOCS+PDFS/listafreguesias.pdf . 29 October 2013 .