Monsanto Forest Park ( Portuguese : Parque Florestal de Monsanto ) is a municipal protected forest in Lisbon , Portugal , the largest green patch in the city, with almost 1000 ha (10 km). It offers a well diversified tree-covered area to the Portuguese capital.
6-547: Many species were introduced in the Monsanto Hills ( Serra de Monsanto ) during the reforesting period. Due to climate and geological characteristics, they created a ecosystem in the urban patch of Lisbon (and surrounding municipalities). The Ecological Park of Lisbon, located at Monsanto Forest Park, is a meeting point for a new contact with the environment, right in the heart of the Portuguese capital. Its main purpose
12-521: Is to make visitors aware of the many variables of the environment, for instance, geology, climate, flora, and fauna. The Ecological Park, residing inside the Forest Park, has a perimeter of four kilometres, and a total area of fifty hectares, of which sixteen is fenced and thirty four is non-fenced. It spreads over Serra de Monsanto , from Alto da Serafina to the Woods of S. Domingos de Benfica, passes
18-558: The farm of Marquis de Fronteira and the Lead Shooting Club of Portugal. The Ecological Park runs an Interpretation Centre, with an auditorium, a space for permanent and occasional exhibitions, and a Centre of Multimedia Resources. Quercus , the largest Portuguese non-profit national environment organization for the conservation of the natural environment, is based in Monsanto Park. The intensive agricultural usage of
24-635: The first complete plan for the park, including leisure and sports areas, some of which still exist. The Ecological Park has a privileged location at Monsanto Forest Park — the largest green patch in the city of Lisbon, with almost 1000 ha. The Monsanto Park Circuit , a 5.44 km (3.38 mi) race track, hosted the 1959 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix . 38°44′24″N 9°11′11.5″W / 38.74000°N 9.186528°W / 38.74000; -9.186528 Marquis de Fronteira Count of Torre (in Portuguese Conde da Torre )
30-566: The soils led to erosion and practically to a destruction of the original vegetation. In the 1930s, the increasing demand for construction areas led Duarte Pacheco , the then Minister for the Public Works of Portugal, to resuscitate an idea from 1868: the reforesting of the then practically bare Serra de Monsanto. The regulation for Monsanto Park was put in place in 1934, and the works for replantation were carried out by farmers and prisoners from Monsanto Fort. Architect Keil do Amaral presented
36-522: Was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 26, 1638, by King Philip II of Portugal , and granted to Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas, Lord of Rosmaninhal. The new title of Marquis of Fronteira (in Portuguese Marquês de Fronteira ) was granted by a royal decree of King Afonso VI of Portugal , issued on January 7, 1670, to his son Dom João de Mascarenhas, 2nd Count of Torre, to reward his participation in
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