São Francisco Xavier

São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of , Portugal. It was created on February 7, 1959. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it merged with the former parish of Santa Maria de Belém, thus creating the new Belém parish.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: former civil parish in Lisboa, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier”, “São Francisco Xavier (freguesia)”, “São Francisco Xavier (Lisboa)”, “Sao Francisco Xavier (Lissabon)”, and “São Francisco Xavier, Lisbon”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Monastery of the Hieronymites and Igreja Paroquial de São Francisco Xavier.

Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal.

Church
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Museum
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The is an ethnographic museum in , Portugal. The museum holds the most important ethnographic collections in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bairro de Casas Económicas de Caselas and Ajuda.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
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is a freguesia and district of , the capital of . is located in western Lisbon, northeast of Belém and west of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 15,617.

Village
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

São Francisco Xavier

Latitude
38.7105° or 38° 42′ 38″ north
Longitude
-9.21381° or 9° 12′ 50″ west
Open location code
8CCGPQ6P+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4360243200
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q972747
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“São Francisco Xavier” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Caramão and Bairro da GNR (Ajuda).

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Parque Infantil das Torres do Restelo and Piscina Municipal do Restelo.

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