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Alcântara

Alcântara is a freguesia of , the capital of Portugal. Located in western Lisbon, Alcântara is to the east of and Belém and west of Estrela and . Alcântara had a population in 2011 of 13,943.
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  • Type: Village with 13,900 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Lisboa
  • Also known as: “Alcantara” and “Alcântara, Lisbon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of the Hieronymites and Monument to the Discoveries.

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The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal.

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The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, . Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almada and Belém.

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is a city of 174,000 people on the in the region on the south bank of the Tagus river, just across from .

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is a district in , .

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is a district in , . Beyond itself, the district includes other neighbourhoods, notably Chiado and Príncipe Real.

Alcântara

Latitude
38.7039° or 38° 42′ 14″ north
Longitude
-9.1824° or 9° 10′ 57″ west
Population
13,900
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
8CCGPR39+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5655032101
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8012461
Wiki­data ID
Q1017927
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Alcântara” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Alcântara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkantara”
  • Belarusian: “Алкантара”
  • Catalan: “Alcântara”
  • Cebuano: “Alcântara (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Alcântara”
  • Chechen: “Алкантара”
  • Chinese: “Alcântara”
  • Chinese: “阿尔坎塔拉”
  • Chinese: “阿爾坎塔拉”
  • Czech: “Alcântara”
  • Danish: “Alcântara”
  • Dutch: “Alcantara”
  • Dutch: “Alcântara”
  • French: “Alcântara”
  • Galician: “Alcântara, Lisboa”
  • Galician: “Alcântara”
  • Georgian: “ალკანტარა”
  • German: “Alcântara”
  • Italian: “Alcântara”
  • Kazakh: “Alkantara”
  • Kazakh: “Алкантара”
  • Kazakh: “الكانتارا”
  • Latin: “Alcântara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alcântara”
  • Polish: “Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Alcantara”
  • Portuguese: “Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro de Alcantara”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro de Alcântara”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Alcântara”
  • Russian: “Алкантара”
  • Slovenian: “Alcântara”
  • Spanish: “Alcantara Lisboa”
  • Spanish: “Alcantara”
  • Spanish: “Alcântara”
  • Swedish: “Alcântara”
  • Tatar: “Алкантара”
  • Turkish: “Alcântara”
  • Turkish: “Aldeia da Mata”
  • Ukrainian: “Алкантара”
  • “Alcântara”

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