Santos-o-Velho () is a former ''

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'' (civil parish) of

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

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, with an area of 0.51 km² and 4,013 inhabitants (2001). It has a population density of 7899.6 inhabitants/km². At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Estrela.Lei n.º 56/2012 (Reorganização administrativa de Lisboa)
''Diário da República'', 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012. It is one of the best preserved historical parts of Lisbon, including Madragoa (former village in the outskirts of Central Lisbon), the Museum of Ancient Art, and many former convents and palaces (in which the current French Embassy in included). Well-known streets of this parish are Rua das Trinas,

Rua do Guarda-Mor The Rua do Guarda-Mor ( Portuguese for ''"Street of the chief archivist"'') is a street in Lisbon, Portugal, which formerly belonged to the parish (freguesia) of Santos-o-Velho, more precisely to the sub-parish of Madragoa. Following the 2012 Lis ...

, Rua do Quelhas, Rua das Praças, and

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. It is also known for its lively nightlife.

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Entertainment districts in Portugal Former parishes of Lisbon {{lisbon-geo-stub