Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #12 in Lisbon, Portugal

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 224 m
Descend 206 m

Explore Lisbon in Portugal with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LisbonIndividual Sights in Lisbon

Sight 1: Jardim Cesário Verde

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The Cesário Verde Garden is a small garden in Lisbon with about 0.25 ha., located in Praça Ilha do Faial, parish of Arroios, former São Jorge de Arroios, where you can appreciate the bust of the poet Cesário Verde by Maximiano Alves, inaugurated in 1955.

Wikipedia: Jardim Cesário Verde (PT)

722 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Casa-Museu Doutor Anastácio Gonçalves

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The Museum-Residence of Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves is a former residential home built in the Art Nouveau style that has been converted into a museum of nineteenth-century Portuguese painting and of Art Nouveau art and artifacts. It is located in the civil parish of Avenidas Novas, in the municipality and Portuguese capital of Lisbon.

Wikipedia: Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Website, Heritage Website

549 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Palácio Sotto Mayor

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Palácio Sotto MayorVitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Sotto Mayor Palace is a Portuguese palace located in Lisbon.

Wikipedia: Sotto Mayor Palace (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

1098 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Museu Miguel Bombarda

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The Convent of Rilhafoles, later the Hospital of Rilhafoles and since 1911 the Miguel Bombarda GOB Hospital, belonged first to the Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul and was founded by pontifical authorization and that of the Cardinal-Patriarch D. Tomás de Almeida. It was also called the Mother House of the Congregation of the Mission, the House of the Congregation of the Mission in Rilhafoles, the House of St. John and St. Paul, the House of Rilhafoles.

Wikipedia: Convento de Rilhafoles (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

1745 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 5: Capela do Rato

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The Chapel of Rato is the name by which the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Bonança, later the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, located in Calçada Bento da Rocha Cabral, in Lisbon, is commonly known.

Wikipedia: Capela do Rato (PT)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras

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The Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras Reservoir, better known as just Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, is the deposit that collects water from the Águas Livres aqueduct, in the district of Lisbon. It was designed in 1745 and built in the Amoreiras Garden, being completed in 1834.

Wikipedia: Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras (PT)

1225 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 7: Estabelecimento Prisional de Lisboa

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288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Jardim Amália Rodrigues

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The Amália Rodrigues Garden, formerly called Alto do Parque, is a garden in Lisbon, named in 2000 to honor the fado singer Amália Rodrigues.

Wikipedia: Jardim Amália Rodrigues (PT)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Palácio Mendonça

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Palácio MendonçaHarvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Mendonça Palace is located on Rua Marquês de Fronteira in São Sebastião da Pedreira, currently the parish of Avenidas Novas, in Lisbon. It was designed between 1900 and 1902 by the architect Ventura Terra for Henrique José Monteiro de Mendonça.

Wikipedia: Palacete Mendonça (PT)

1449 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 10: Aqueduto das Águas Livres

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Aqueduto das Águas Livres No machine-readable author provided. Juntas assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Águas Livres Aqueduct is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the whole network of canals extends through nearly 58 km.

Wikipedia: Águas Livres Aqueduct (EN)

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