Ramada e Caneças

Ramada e Caneças is a civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Ramada and Caneças. The population in 2011 was 32,581, in an area of 9.66 km2.

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Type: Locality with 34,500 residents
Description: civil parish in Odivelas
Also known as: “Uniao das freguesias de Ramada e Canecas”, “União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças”, and “União das Freguesias de Ramada e Caneças”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anta das Pedras Grandes and Fonte das Piçarras.

Anta das Pedras Grandes

Archaeological site

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The Anta das Pedras Grandes is a Late Neolithic site located in Ramada e Canecas, in the Odivelas municipality, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Anta is the Portuguese name for about 5,000 megaliths built during the Neolithic period in the area of Portugal.

Fonte das Piçarras

Tourism office

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Fonte das Piçarras is a tourism office.

Fonte dos Passarinhos

Protected area

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Fonte dos Passarinhos is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loures and Amadora.

Loures

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Loures is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the District and Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201,632.

Amadora

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Amadora, officially City of Amadora, is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km2.