Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés

Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés is a building in Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, Oeiras, Lisbon District. Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés is situated nearby to the community center Centro Paroquial, as well as near the pitch União Desportiva e Recreativa de Algés.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belém Tower and Monastery of the Hieronymites.

Belém Tower

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Belém Tower is situated 1½ km southeast of Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés.

Monastery of the Hieronymites

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. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 2 km east of Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés.

Fort of Alto do Duque

Castle

The Fort of Alto do Duque is located 75 meters above sea level at the southwestern tip of the Monsanto Forest Park, in the parish of Ajuda, in Portugal's capital of Lisbon. Fort of Alto do Duque is situated 480 metres east of Secção de Ambiente Urbano de Algés.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Algés and São Francisco Xavier.

Algés

Town

Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Algés is a town.

São Francisco Xavier

Suburb

São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, 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.