Santa Engrácia (Lisbon)
Santa Engrácia (English: Saint Engratia) is a former parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish São Vicente.[1] It has a total area of 0.57 km² and total population of 5,860 inhabitants (2001); density: 10,335.1 hab/km².
The parish was created in 1959, after the Santo Estêvao de Alfama de-annexation. The parish name was intended to honor the catholic martyr Santa Engracia of Zaragoza, later on the King Manuel I daughter, Infanta Maria built a church in the parish to receive a reliquary of the said martyr. After being almost destroyed by a severe storm, the church was rebuilt and eventually received the National Pantheon classification.
Main sites
- Palha Palace (also called Van Zeller Palace or Pancas Palace)
- Veloso Rebelo Palhares Palace
- Nossa Senhora da Porciúncula Church (also called Barbadinhos Church)
- Santa Apolónia Station
External links
- (Portuguese) Santa Engrácia's parish website
References
- ↑ Lei n.º 56/2012 (Reorganização administrativa de Lisboa). Diário da República, 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012.
Coordinates: 38°43′09″N 9°07′11″W / 38.71917°N 9.11972°W