Marvila
Marvila is a freguesia and neighborhood of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Situated in the eastern part of the city, it is bordered by Parque das Nações to the southwest, Beato to the north, and Alvalade to the east. As of 2021, the population was 35,479.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 35,500 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal
- Also known as: “Marvila, Lisbon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MEO Arena and Lisbon Oceanarium.
MEO Arena
Stadium
Photo: dynamosquito, CC BY-SA 2.0.
MEO Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. The arena is among the largest indoor arenas in Europe and the largest in Portugal with a capacity of 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.
Lisbon Oceanarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lisbon Oceanarium is an oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal. It is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo '98. It is one of the largest indoor aquariums in Europe and approximately 1 million people visit each year.
National Museum of the Azulejo
Museum
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museu Nacional do Azulejo, occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum in Lisbon, Portugal dedicated to the azulejo, traditional tilework of Portugal and the former Portuguese Empire, as well as of other Iberophone cultures.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parque das Nações and North Lisbon.
Parque das Nações
Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parque das Nações is a district in Lisbon, Portugal. The "Park of the Nations" was built from scratch for Expo '98 in the northeastern end of Lisbon. After the Expo, many of the impressive constructions and decorations were kept, while new residential…
North Lisbon
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northern Lisbon is a district covering a large portion of Portugal's capital city. Most of the sights, restaurants, and hotels are in and around the areas known as Avenidas Novas, Sete Rios, and Campolide.
Alfama
Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alfama is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. The district includes the freguesias of São Miguel, Santo Estêvão, São Vicente de Fora and part of the two streets, "Freguesia da Sé: Rua do Barão" and "Rua São João da Praça".
Marvila
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.746° or 38° 44′ 46″ northLongitude
-9.1056° or 9° 6′ 20″ westPopulation
35,500Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
8CCGPVWV+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3884858157OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8012478Wikidata ID
Q1786435
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Marvila” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Marvila”
- Catalan: “Marvila”
- Cebuano: “Marvila”
- Chechen: “Марвила”
- Chinese: “Marvila”
- Dutch: “Marvila (Lissabon)”
- Dutch: “Marvila”
- French: “Marvila”
- Georgian: “მარვილა”
- German: “Marvila”
- Italian: “Marvila”
- Kazakh: “Marvïla”
- Kazakh: “Марвила”
- Kazakh: “مارۆىيلا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Marvila”
- Polish: “Marvila”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Marvila”
- Portuguese: “Marvila (Lisboa)”
- Portuguese: “Marvila”
- Russian: “Марвила”
- Spanish: “Marvila”
- Tatar: “Марвила”
- Turkish: “Marvila”
- Ukrainian: “Марвіла”
- “Marvila”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Marvila”. Photo: Itisa, Public domain.