Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira was a civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos, Northern Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 49,000 residents
- Description: former civil parish in Matosinhos
- Also known as: “Matosinhos e Leca da Palmeira” and “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estádio do Mar and Fort of São Francisco Xavier.
Estádio do Mar
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Estádio do Mar is a multi-use stadium in Matosinhos, Portugal. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Leixões. The stadium seats 9,730 and was built in 1963 and inaugurated on 1 January 1964 with a match against Benfica, who won 4–0.
Fort of São Francisco Xavier
Castle
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fort of São Francisco Xavier, commonly known as the 'Castelo do Queijo', is a fortification situated on the coast of the civil parish of Nevogilde in the northern Portuguese municipality of Porto.
Casa da Arquitectura
Museum
Photo: Filipa Guimarães, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casa da Arquitectura is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldoar and Leça da Palmeira.
Aldoar
Suburb
Photo: Tintazul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldoar is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde. The population in 2011 was 12,843, in an area of 2.41 km².
Leça da Palmeira
Suburb
Photo: jad99, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leça da Palmeira is a civil parish in the Portuguese city of Matosinhos north of the Leça river. It was merged with the parish of Matosinhos in 2013, forming Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira.
Custóias
Town
Custóias is a former civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos in the Greater Porto area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões. Custóias is situated 4 km east of Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira.
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
- Category: former freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Matosinhos, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Basque: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Basque: “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Chinese: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- French: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- French: “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- German: “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia Matosinhos-Leca”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia Matosinhos-Leça”
- Portuguese: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “Matosinhos-Leca da Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “Matosinhos-Leça da Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “Matosinhos-Leca”
- Portuguese: “Matosinhos-Leça”
- Portuguese: “Uniao das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leca da Palmeira”
- Portuguese: “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Slovenian: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Spanish: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Spanish: “União das Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Turkish: “Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira”
- Turkish: “Matriz”
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