Mártires
Encyclopedia
Mártires (ˈmaɾtiɾɨʃ) is a Portuguese
civil parish (freguesia
)in the city and municipality
of Lisbon
. It's the smallest civil parish of Lisbon (0.10 km²), and one one the oldest dated from 1147. Presently it is scarcely inhabited, with less than 400 inhabitants.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
civil parish (freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
)in the city and municipality
Municipalities of Portugal
In Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...
of Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. It's the smallest civil parish of Lisbon (0.10 km²), and one one the oldest dated from 1147. Presently it is scarcely inhabited, with less than 400 inhabitants.
Monuments
- Teatro Nacional de São CarlosTeatro Nacional de São CarlosThe Teatro Nacional de São Carlos is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on July 30, 1793 by Queen Maria I as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake...
(1793) - Basílica de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires (século XVIII) made by the architect Reynaldo dos Santos.
- Convento de São Francisco da Cidade (today Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa).
- Convento da Boa Hora, where was installed a court in the 19th century .
- Edifício na Rua Garret, onde se encontra instalada a Casa Gardénia
- SculptureSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
of Fernando PessoaFernando PessoaFernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...
in Largo do Chiado