Little Portugal
Little Portugal is a historic neighborhood of San Jose, California, and historically the center of the local Portuguese-American community. Little Portugal is home to numerous Portuguese businesses, including Adega, numerous Portuguese social clubs, and the Five Wounds Portuguese National Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States
- Also known as: “Little Portugal, San Jose”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adega and Five Wounds Portuguese National Church.
Adega
Restaurant
Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Adega is a Portuguese restaurant in the Little Portugal neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States. Established in 2015, it became the first restaurant in San Jose to be awarded a Michelin star, earning one star in 2016.
Five Wounds Portuguese National Church
Church
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Five Wounds Portuguese National Church is a Latin Catholic parish church of the Catholic Church in San Jose, California, in the Little Portugal neighborhood of East San Jose.
East San José Carnegie Branch Library
Library
Photo: LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The East San José Carnegie Branch Library is a Carnegie library in San Jose, California. It opened in 1908 and is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library. It is a part of the San José Public Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naglee Park and Little Saigon.
Naglee Park
Neighborhood
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naglee Park is a historic residential neighborhood in San Jose, California, to the east of Downtown San Jose and San Jose State University.
Little Saigon
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Saigon is a neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. It is a hub for Silicon Valley's Vietnamese community and one of the largest Little Saigons in the world, as San Jose has more Vietnamese residents than any city outside of Vietnam.
Luna Park
Suburb
Luna Park is a neighborhood in San Jose, California. It is bounded by Old Oakland Road/13th Street, Berryessa Road/Highway 101 and North 17th Street. It is named after the Luna Park amusement park built by Audley Ingersoll's of Ingersoll's Amusement and financed by the San Jose Street Car Company as a way of bringing more customers to the area.
Little Portugal
- Categories: ethnic enclave and locality
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.35093° or 37° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
-121.85984° or 121° 51′ 35″ westOpen location code
849W942R+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 3700417490OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q1865753
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Little Portugal” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “小葡萄牙”
- Dutch: “Little Portugal, San Jose”
- German: “Little Portugal”
- Portuguese: “Little Portugal”
- Spanish: “Little Portugal”
- Vietnamese: “Bồ Đào Nha Nhỏ, San Jose”
- Vietnamese: “Bồ Đào Nha Nhỏ”
- Vietnamese: “Little Portugal, San Jose”
- Vietnamese: “Little Portugal”
- Vietnamese: “Tiểu Bồ Đào Nha, San Jose”
- Vietnamese: “Tiểu Bồ Đào Nha”
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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 “Little Portugal”. Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 2.0.