The Public Promenade ( Portuguese : Passeio Público ) was a park in Lisbon , Portugal , that was located where the Avenida da Liberdade is currently laid. Built after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , the Passeio become an important fixture in the Lisbon landscape in the 19th century and was a meeting point for the upper echelons of Portuguese society.
14-496: Passeio Público ( Public Park ) is the name for various parks in the Portuguese-speaking world. Passeio Público (Lisbon) Passeio Público (Rio de Janeiro) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
28-456: A new enlightened plan, in what would become Pombaline style . The Marquis ordered the demarcation and construction of the Passeio , to be at the northern edge of his newly constructed city. Management of the park's design and construction was given to royal engineer Reinaldo Manuel dos Santos, and construction lasted between 1764 and 1771. Although it was given the name of Passeio Público ,
42-535: The Municipality of Lisbon took the decision to construct a great avenue through the Passeio . Demolition work of the Passeio , including the park's trees and its famed cascade, began in 1879 and works lasted until 1886, when José Gregório da Rosa Araújo, Mayor of Lisbon, unveiled the new Avenida da Liberdade (Avenue of Liberty), the new central thoroughfare in Lisbon. Edward VII Park was later built north of
56-646: The United Kingdom, who visited Portugal in 1903 to strengthen relations between the two countries and reaffirm the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance . The Lisbon Book Fair is held annually in Eduardo VII Park. The park was originally built to was built in the first half of the 20th century to restore public green space formerly occupied by Passeio Público , which was destroyed to make way for Avenida da Liberdade in 1879. The park
70-538: The east side is the current Carlos Lopes Pavilion, the former Portuguese pavilion at the 1922 Rio de Janeiro International Exposition , renamed in honor of the winner of the 1984 Olympic marathon. The northern end of the park is a monumental viewpoint where the Monument to the Carnation Revolution was erected, flanked by two sets of two obelisks inspired by the original design of the park. The monument
84-465: The finest homes of Lisbon personalities, leading to the eventual destruction of the park in order to construct a grand boulevard that would become the Avenida da Liberdade. After the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , which resulted in the almost-total destruction of the city, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal , the prime minister of King José I , managed the reconstruction of the city in
98-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Passeio_Público&oldid=933041920 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Passeio P%C3%BAblico (Lisbon) Its borders soon attracted
112-414: The next few decades, the park grew in its statuary and amenities and, by 1851, the park became completely illuminated. By the latter half of the 19th century, Lisboners grew discontent with the outdated format of the Passeio and with the triviality of all the activities that took place there. In 1863, the first idea of creating a grand passage way through the park first arose, but it was only in 1873 when
126-476: The northern terminus of Avenida de Liberdade to make up for the public green space lost to the roadway. Edward VII Park Edward VII Park ( Portuguese : Parque Eduardo VII ) is a public park in Lisbon , Portugal . The park occupies an area of 26 hectares (64 acres) to the north of Avenida da Liberdade and Marquis of Pombal Square in Lisbon's city center. The park is named for King Edward VII of
140-534: The northwest corner of the park, on the site of an old basalt quarry, is the Estufa Fria —a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) greenhouse , with a variety of exotic plants, streams, waterfalls, palm trees, fuchsias , banana trees , and the Hot Greenhouse with lush plants, cacti as well as tropical birds. Near the greenhouses is a lake with large carp and a children's playground, shaped like a galleon . On
154-471: The park was not open to the public. It was walled and gated for the exclusive use of members of the Portuguese nobility . However, for about the first 50 years of the park's history, most aristocracy avoided the park, as they deemed it as lacking in ornamentation and poorly landscaped. The Passeio' s failure to attract the interests in the upper classes resulted in a successive series of works to improve
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#1732765968765168-407: The park's quality and popularity. The first of which was in 1821, when King João VI ordered that the walls surrounding the Passeio be torn down and that the park be open to people of all classes. In 1835, the most noteworthy reformulation of the park was initiated by Malaquias Ferreira Leal, architect for the Municipality of Lisbon. Ferreira Leal's plans completely rearranged the fountains within
182-468: The park, introduced the iconic allegorical statues of the Tagus and Douro rivers, and saw the construction of the Passeio' s most iconic landmark, its cascade. Following Ferreira Leal's rearrangement of the park, the Passeio quickly become a social meeting place for the aristocracy of Lisbon. For the next couple decades, the park would be the center for the follies of the rich and powerful of Lisbon. For
196-496: Was built on land belonging to the Pedreira de São Sebastião, and was known as Parque da Liberdade ( Liberty Park ) until the name was changed following Edward VII's visit. In 1945, Portuguese Modernist architect Francisco Keil do Amaral redesigned the park to its current configuration. The park's central strip, covered with grass, is flanked by long Portuguese paved walkways, dividing the park into two green, tree-lined zones. In
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