The outskirts of Lisbon: North/Campo Grande and around Parque das Nacoes- Avenida José Malhoa, Av. António Augusto de Aguiar, Rua Ramalho Ortigão, Aqueduto das Águas Livres, Agualva-Cacém, Alameda Cardeal Cerejeira, Parque Edoardo VII, Braco de Prata, Olivais, Xabregas
Lisbon's outskirts are much more modern in its character then central Lisbon. Here you find modernist highrise buildings, lowrise apartment blocks, a few . The tallest buildings in Lisbon are situated in the outskirts, to prevent disturbing the old architecture.There are a few highrise clusters here and there, but no real skyscrapers though, the tallest buildings are just around 100m high. Along Avenida José Malhoa, you find the two 26-storey Twin Towers from 2001, and the 25-storey 5-star Corinthia Hotel, as well as several midrise bank complexes and other hotels, in modern glass and steel. At the extension of the avenue, R. Ramalho Oritgão you find Lisbon's largest mosque, and Av. António Augusto de Aguiar, another wide modern avenue you find a large brand of the Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés, in a very modern glass building. Surrounding is the district Campo Grande, where you find the circular square Rotunda de Entrecampos with its monument, and the park Jardim Mário Soares. The Avenidas Novas district begins here, with wide avenues. The most famous avenue is Avenida da República. Aqualva-Cacém is a satellite town/suburb Northwest Lisbon, near Sintra. It has over 80 000 inhabitants. Between central Lisbon and Parque das Nacoes you find impersonal, quite dull residential areas Braco de Prata, Olivais and Xabregas. Large neighbourhoods with white and grey modernist buildings, many from the 60s, can be found all over the city, as well as more colourful variants. Almada is a city with 174 000 on the opposite side of River Tagus from Lisbon. Here you find the Christ Statue, with amazing views over the whole Lisbon, where the 25th of April Bridge ends. Costa de Caparica is a long coast with popular beautiful beaches and fishing in Almada, that we saw clearly during from the plane during the inflight. It begins at the moth of the Tagus River. Amadora is a Northern suburb, also quite dull, with 175 000 inhabitants in many modernist buildings. In the Northwest suburb Queluz you find the Palácio Nacional e Jardins de Queluz (Queluz National Palace and Gardens), Lisbon's answer to Paris Versailles. Northwest of central Lisbon is Aqueduto das Águas Livres, an aqueduct from the 1700s designed by an Italian architect (not an ancient Roman aqueduct as many might think). It survived the 1755 earthquake, that occured around the time it begun to supply water to the citizens.. Today a modern highway passes through underneath it. As it is quite hard to reach for pedestrians from central Lisbon, we only had the opportunity to take pictures from the train windows. There are opportunities to visit and cross it though, if you visit the Museu da Agua (Water Museum). Most of the pictures below where taken from the red double decked Lisbon Sightseeing Bus, or from the train. OTHER PAGES ABOUT DISTRICTS IN THE OUTSKIRTS: Parque das Nações
AQUEDUTO DAS AGUAS LIVRES: JARDIM MÁRIO SOARES and PRACA ENTRECAMPOS, CAMPO GRANDE: NORTH LISBON, CAMPO GRANDE: BETWEEN CENTRAL LISBON AND PARQUE DAS NACOES: BRACO DE PRATA, XABREGAS, OLIVAIS (Lisbon sightseeing bus): VIEWS FROM PILLAR 7, 25TH OF APRIL BRIDGE:
INFLIGHT TO LISBON PORTELA AIRPOR with Brussels Airlines: |