Mina de Água
Mina de Água is a civil parish in the municipality of Amadora, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Mina and São Brás. The population in 2011 was 43,927, in an area of 8.09 km2.Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 43,000 residents
- Description: civil parish in Amadora, Portugal
- Also known as: “Mina de Agua”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Necropolis of Carenque and Lisbon Theatre and Film School.
Necropolis of Carenque
Nature reserve
Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
The Necropolis of Carenque is an archaeological site consisting of three well-preserved late Neolithic collective sepulchres or tombs, dating back to about 3000 BCE, which are dug into smooth limestone outcrops.
Lisbon Theatre and Film School
University
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Lisbon Theatre and Film School of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon inherited the function of the National Conservatoire, founded by Almeida Garrett, in 1836, and of teaching Film, introduced in the same establishment since 1971.
Amadora railway station
Railway station
Amadora Station is a railway station located in the city of Amadora. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines. It is managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queluz and Odivelas.
Queluz
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queluz is a Portuguese city in Sintra municipality in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, and home to one of the finest examples of Rococo architecture in Europe: the Queluz National Palace.
Odivelas
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Odivelas is a city and municipality in the Greater Lisbon area, Portugal. The municipality is located 8 km northwest of the center of Lisbon. Predominantly a residential suburb, the population in 2021 was 148 034, in an area of 26.54 km2.
Benfica
Suburb
Benfica is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Benfica is west of São Domingos de Benfica, Carnide, and Campolide, north of Belém, Ajuda, and Alcântara, and directly east of Lisbon's border with Amadora. Benfica is situated 4½ km southeast of Mina de Água.
Mina de Água
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Amadora, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Mina de Água” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mina de Água”
- Chinese: “Mina de Água”
- German: “Mina de Água”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mina de Água”
- Portuguese: “Mina de Agua”
- Portuguese: “Mina de Água”
- Spanish: “Mina de Água”
- Turkish: “Mina de Água”
- Turkish: “Mindelo”
- “Mina de Água”
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Notable Places Nearby
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