Queluz () is a former

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in the municipality of

Sintra Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...

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, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Queluz e Belas Queluz e Belas is a civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Lisbon District Lisbon District () is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From i ...

. The population in 2011 was 26,248, in an area of 3.63 km².Eurostat
The parish covered part of the city of Queluz.

History

On 29 June 1925, the parish of Queluz was created from part of the parish of Belas (article 1, Decree 1:790, 29 June 1925). The parish was elevated to town (''vila'') status on 18 September 1961. In 1997 the parishes

Massamá Massamá () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Massamá e Monte Abraão. The population in 2011 was 28,112, in an area of 2.78 km². It was separat ...

and

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were de-annexed from the parish of Queluz, and together they were elevated to city (''cidade'') status. Since 29 June 2001, the parish council was installed on ''Rua Conde de Almeida Araújo'', while the former installations were remodelled, resulting in the ''Sala Multiusos Fernando Ribeiro Leitão'' (which received artists' expositions, cultural events and meetings of the parish). The parish council remodelled the historical public washing-house, a protocol signed between the 23 Group of the ''Associação de Escuteiros de Portugal'' and the ''Grupo Coral de Queluz'' (the two entities that now occupy the edifice). In 2004, a shop along ''Avenida da República'', was acquired to decentralize services.

Architecture

* Aqueduct of Gargantada () * Residence Rua Almeida Araújo, 12 ()

References

{{Authority control Former parishes of Sintra