Tejo Power Station

The Tejo Power Station was a thermoelectric power plant owned by the Companhias Reunidas de Gás e Electricidade, which supplied power to the city and entire Lisbon region.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: cultural heritage monument in Lisboa, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Central Tejo” and “Museu da Electricidade”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Electricity Museum and Monastery of the Hieronymites.

Museum
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The is a science and industrial heritage museum in , Portugal. The unfolds along the perimeter of the old thermoelectric plant – the Tejo Power Station, which illuminated the city of Lisbon for more than four decades.

Protected area
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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. is situated 1 km west of Tejo Power Station.

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The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, . Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. is situated 1 km west of Tejo Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belém and Ajuda.

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is a district in , .

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
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is a village.

Tejo Power Station

Latitude
38.69578° or 38° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
-9.19529° or 9° 11′ 43″ west
Operator
Fundação EDP
Open location code
8CCGMRW3+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 522306708
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q968458
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Satellite Map

Discover Tejo Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Tejo Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة تيجو”
  • Catalan: “Central Tejo”
  • Chinese: “特茹发电中心”
  • Dutch: “Tejo Power Station”
  • French: “Central Tejo”
  • German: “Central Tejo”
  • Italian: “Central Tejo”
  • Polish: “Central Tejo”
  • Portuguese: “Central Tejo”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Electricidade”
  • Romanian: “Centrala Tejo”
  • Russian: “Центро тежу”
  • Russian: “Центро Тежу”
  • Spanish: “Central Tejo”
  • Swedish: “Central Tejo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jardim Central Tejo and Parque Infantil do Largo do Marquês de Angeja.

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