Parish of Campolide

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The Parish of Campolide was created in 1959 on the lands of the former territory of São Sebastião da Pedreira and Santa Isabel; is located in the center of Lisbon. In times past it was the land of good wines. The Marquês de Pombal owned farms in the parish of Campolide.

Campolide is the seventeenth most populous parish in the municipality of Lisbon.

Origin of name

Curious about the origin of the name? There are several versions of this, but the most plausible is a reference dated 1211, according to which King D. Afonso II owned "two vineyards in Campolide" [JF de Campolide].


The parish of Campolide is located in the center of the municipality of Lisbon. From the Sé de Lisboa to the parish of Campolide it is only 5 km.
From Campolide it is easy to visit the Historical Center of Lisbon.

Campolide neighborhoods

Campolide is a residential parish with four districts:

• Serafina,

• Bela Flor

• Calçada dos Mestres

• Freedom,

Area and Population

Declining resident population
With 2.77 km², the Parish of Campolide has a population of 14,794 inhabitants (INE, 2021). In 2011, the parish had 15,460 inhabitants (idem), having had a slight drop in population resident during this period.

Drop in population

The parish of Campolide already had its glory days, in the 1960s and 1970s, when it had nearly 34,000 inhabitants, compared to half today! From 1960 (33,764 inhab.) to the 2021 census (14,794 inhab.), Campolide lost more than half (56.18%) of its resident population!

Population density
With 5,338 inhabitants per km², Campolide, a relatively small parish, has a population density slightly below average.

Tourist attractions

These are the highlights among the attractions of Campolide: Aqueduct das Águas Livres, Staircase of the Old Colégio dos Jesuítas, Chapel of the former Colégio dos Jesuítas and some churches, Quinta Urbano Park da Bela Flor, the Alto da Serafina Recreational Park and other attractions.

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Aqueduct of Águas Livres

Campolide postcard
The Aqueduct of Águas Livres, whose construction dates from the beginning of the 17th century (1713, more exactly), is a water collection and distribution system for the City of Lisbon. The Aqueduct of Águas Livres, as we admire it today, it was built on the old Roman water distribution system by King Dom João V.
It is one of Lisbon's tourist attractions and is worth a visit for what impresses us.
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The Jesuit College

The Colégio de Campolide, of the Jesuits of the Society of Jesus, was a teaching establishment that operated during the second half of the 19th century. The Jesuits created the College and became famous for teaching science in order to prove that they were obscurantists, an accusation made against them.
Nowadays, these historic facilities are part of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon) heritage, which, including changed original.

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What to see in the Parish of Campolide

In addition to the main attractions of Campolide, it is worth seeing: the Balneário do Bairro da Serafina, the tile panel from Escola Mestre Querubim Lapa, an "intervention by one of the most important Portuguese ceramists of the century XX, master Querubim Lapa", the Campolide Railway Station, the Church of Santo Antônio de Campolide, the Tile Panels on Avenida Gulbenkian, the Teatro Aberto in Praça de Espanha, among others.

Campolide Railway Station
"Sintra was a distant dream for many people from Lisbon, (...) for almost everyone, the city was dying right there, at the foot of the Rabicha stream. Even Benfica was too far away. Work began, precisely in Benfica, on August 31, 1883. And Campolide would never return to what it had been. The station was installed in full rabicha. The train would go up the valley, coming from Alcântara, cross some bridges over the stream, following the course of the aqueduct, then turning towards S. Domingos de Benfica. The link with Alcantara it was ready in 1886.

A year later, the trains crowded with onlookers could go to Sintra and via Cacém, to Torres Vedras. But it was the Rossio tunnel that brought the train to the city, facilitating connections. The tunnel would open on the edge of Campolide station. The excavations began, in the middle of the slope that supported the old settlement, in May 1887.

The following year the line between Xabregas and Benfica came into operation and in 1891 the tunnel and Rossio Station, as well as the two junctions to Braço de Prata and Sete Rios. Between 1995 and 1996, a new Campolide station was modernized and built and correspondence between the two banks of the Tagus, from Campolide to Pinhal Novo. The season counts also with a control tower dating from 1940 and designed by Architect Cottinelli Telmo" [JF de Campolide].

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Location

The Parish of Campolide is limited to the north by a Parish of São Domingos de Benfica, to the east, with the Parish of Avenidas Novas, to the southeast, with the Santo Antônio Parish, southwest with Alcântara, to the south with the Campo de Ourique Parish and to the west with Benfica.

What to do in the Parish of Campolide

In this residential parish, walking tours and visiting the main attractions of the parish are among the main activities to do in Campolide.

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About the Parish of Campolide

The parish of Campolide was from the beginning of its creation marked by social differences in the with regard to housing. The social neighborhoods attenuated these differences a little, but, they also maintained a certain segregation among the inhabitants. In general, however, it is considered a neighborhood (or a parish) with a certain tranquility.

Campolide social neighborhoods
Residential neighborhood marked by contrasts since its creation, many localities of social neighborhoods of Campolide face problems related to certain abandonment and presence of elements linked to the world of drugs, which creates an environment that generates crime. It all depends a lot on the location where you do it. reference. The neighborhood of Liberdade, for example, is considered a "critical neighborhood" (ULisboa).

Currently, of the four neighborhoods in the parish (Serafina, Bela Flor, Calçada dos Mestres and Liberdade), the most degraded remains the neighborhood of Liberdade, with a less favored resident population.

A bit of history

Place of greatest importance for the history of Lisbon and Portugal. More recently, the parish of Campolide was created in 2012, with the merger of the parishes of S. Joseph, Heart of Jesus and Saint Mamede.

Going back to more ancient times, the "human configuration of Campolide today results largely, of the many people needed for the construction of the monumental Águas Livres Aqueduct. Hence, since the 18th century, two urban areas have been distinguished in the parish, one initially for the "masters", with better housing conditions, and another for the "workers", improvised and sown with stalls" [Campolide Parish Council].

Parish of contrasts
Even over the centuries, "if the problems derived from ancient social stratification have being somewhat attenuated, its marks and memories persist in everyday life and in social reality Campolide community" [Idem].

Campolide Parish Attractions

Among the attractions of its historical, natural and religious heritage, the following stand out:

• the Aqueduct of Águas Livres

• the Urban Park of Quinta da Bela Flor

• the Former Jesuit College of Campolide

• the chapel Colégio de Campolide da Companhia de Jesus

• the Alto da Serafina Recreational Park

• the Parque da Pedra

• the Church of São Vicente de Paula


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What to do in the Parish of Campolide

As a traditional historic district, the main options for activities are bars and restaurants, walks in the squares, go shopping and visit the main tourist attractions of the Historical Center of Lisbon

Important urban roads

In addition to the subway and buses (rails), large avenues and streets pass through Campolide, as Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral, Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian, Avenida Duarte Pacheco, Largo do Rato, among others.

Transport

The parish is relatively well served by public transport.
There is a Railway Station (Estação Campolide), there is a subway station at Spain Square and several bus lines (rails, buses).

Furthermore, the parish is crossed by the North-South axis and, to the south, by the Avenida Duarte Pacheco.

+ Information

• Address: R. de Campolide 24 B
• Telephone: 213 884 607
• Official Link: JF de Campolide • Social networks: www.facebook.com/jfcampolide/ , Instagram: @jfcampolide
• Contact by email: geral@jf-campolide.ptp
• Opening hours:
  From 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday

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