Lisbon District
Lisbon
Santa Maria Maior

Alfama

The Alfama is the oldest neighborhood of , spreading on the slope between the 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".
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 2,470 residents
  • Description: City district of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Alfama, Lisbon”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of São Jorge and Santa Justa Lift.

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São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the capital of , located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior.

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The , also called Carmo Lift, is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of , in the historic center of , Portugal.

Square
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The King Pedro IV Square, popularly known as Rossio, is a square in the Pombaline Downtown of , Portugal. It has been one of its main squares since the Middle Ages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baixa and Bairro Alto.

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is a district in , . The has many squares and monuments, offering numerous photo opportunities. The area suffered devastating destruction in the Great Earthquake on All Saints' Day, 1 November 1755.

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

Village
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is a freguesia and typical quarter of , the capital city of . Located in the historic center of Lisbon, is north of , east of , south of , and west of .

Alfama

Latitude
38.71177° or 38° 42′ 42″ north
Longitude
-9.12838° or 9° 7′ 42″ west
Population
2,470
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8CCGPV6C+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 207597971
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
2272032
Wiki­data ID
Q985517
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Alfama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفاما”
  • Armenian: “Ալֆամա”
  • Basque: “Alfama”
  • Catalan: “Alfama”
  • Chinese: “阿尔法玛”
  • Chinese: “阿爾法瑪”
  • Czech: “Alfama”
  • Dutch: “Alfama”
  • Esperanto: “Alfama”
  • Finnish: “Alfama”
  • French: “Alfama”
  • Galician: “Alfama”
  • Georgian: “ალფამა”
  • German: “Alfama”
  • Greek: “Αλφάμα”
  • Hungarian: “Alfama”
  • Italian: “Alfama”
  • Japanese: “アルファマ”
  • Japanese: “リスボン市アルファマ”
  • Korean: “알파마”
  • Latvian: “Alfama”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alfama”
  • Polish: “Alfama”
  • Portuguese: “Alfama”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro de Alfama”
  • Russian: “Alfama”
  • Russian: “Алфама”
  • Slovenian: “Alfama”
  • Spanish: “Alfama”
  • Spanish: “Barrio de la Alfama de Lisboa”
  • Swedish: “Alfama”
  • Turkish: “Alfama”
  • Ukrainian: “Алфама”

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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 “Alfama”. Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.