Campo de Ourique () is a ''
freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...
'' (civil parish) and district of
Lisbon, the capital of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of
Alcântara, north of
Estrela Estrela, Portuguese for "star", may refer to:
Animals
*Estrela Mountain Dog, a breed of working dog native to the range
* Phyllonorycter estrela, a moth of the family Gracillariidae
Geography Portugal
* Serra da Estrela Subregion, a NUTS3 statist ...
, west of
Santo António, and south of
Campolide. The population in 2011 was 22,120.
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal ''( CSV)''
History
This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of
Lisbon, merging the former parishes of
Santo Condestável and
Santa Isabel.
Currently the priest responsible for the parish is Father José Manuel Pereira de Almeida.
Notable people
Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa lived in Campo de Ourique and his apartment is now a museum. He is probably the most famous person, that lived in Campo de Ourique.
Several personalities lived in Campo de Ourique:
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and ...
,
Luís de Sttau Monteiro,
Jorge Costa Pinto, Jorge Borges de Macedo,
Rão Kyao, João Afonso, Manuel João Vieira, João D'Ávila, Fernanda Lapa, Fernanda Borsatti,
Miguel Simões, João Peste, São José Lapa, Jorge Silva Melo, José Nascimento, Jorge Martins, Artur Varatojo, Manuel Costa Cabral, Luís Varatojo, Guida Maria, Judith Teixeira.
References
Parishes of Lisbon
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