Mártires
Coat of arms of Mártires
Mártires is located in Portugal
Mártires
Mártires
Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 38°42′32″N 9°08′31″W / 38.709°N 9.142°W / 38.709; -9.142
Country Portugal
RegionLisbon
Metropolitan areaLisbon
DistrictLisbon
MunicipalityLisbon
Disbanded2012
Area
  Total0.10 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total341
  Density3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.jf-martires.pt

Mártires (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtiɾɨʃ]) is a former civil parish (freguesia) in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It was one of the oldest civil parishes of Lisbon, dated from 1147. It had less than 400 inhabitants, and its area was 0.10 km2. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Santa Maria Maior.[1]

Monuments

  • Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (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
  • Sculpture of Fernando Pessoa in Largo do Chiado

References

  1. Lei n.º 56/2012 (Reorganização administrativa de Lisboa). Diário da República, 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012.


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