Porto District
Matosinhos
Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira

Leça da Palmeira

Leça da Palmeira is an area in the Portuguese city of north of the Leça river. It was a civil parish until 2013, when it was merged with the parish of Matosinhos, forming .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Casa de Santiago and Fort of Leça da Palmeira.

Museum
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is a museum.

Fort
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The , also known as Castle of Matosinhos or Fort of Our Lady of the Snows is a coastal fortification located in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos in the Greater Porto region of .

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leixões and Casas de Mar.

Neighborhood
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The Port of is one of 's largest seaports and the primary maritime gateway for the Northern Region. Located in , just north of and approximately 5 kilometres from the Douro River mouth, the port handles diverse cargoes including containers, bulk cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro, as well as serving cruise ships and fishing vessels.

Neighborhood
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighborhood.

Town
, Lavra e Santa Cruz do Bispo is a civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes , Lavra and Santa Cruz do Bispo. is situated 3½ km north of Leça da Palmeira.

Leça da Palmeira

Latitude
41.1939° or 41° 11′ 38″ north
Longitude
-8.69774° or 8° 41′ 52″ west
Population
18,500
Open location code
8CHH58V2+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9010449317
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q1822474
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Leça da Palmeira” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Catalan: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Cebuano: “Leça da Palmeira (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Chechen: “Леса-да-Палмейра”
  • Chinese: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Chinese: “莱萨-达帕尔梅拉”
  • Danish: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • French: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Galician: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • German: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Italian: “Freguesia de Leça da Palmeira”
  • Italian: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Japanese: “レサ・ダ・パルメイラ”
  • Kazakh: “Леса-да-Палмейра”
  • Malay: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Leça da Palmeira”
  • Portuguese: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Portuguese: “Leça de Palmeira (freguesia)”
  • Russian: “Леса-да-Палмейра”
  • Spanish: “Leca da Palmeira”
  • Spanish: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • Tatar: “Леса-да-Палмейра”
  • Turkish: “Leça da palmeira”
  • Turkish: “Leça da Palmeira”
  • “Freguesia de Leça da Palmeira”
  • “Leça da Palmeira”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Junta de Freguesia de Leça da Palmeira and CTT Leça da Palmeira.

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