Portela (Loures)

The Army Geospatial Information Center (Portuguese: Centro de Informação Geoespacial do Exército; CIGeoE) is the military geographical, cartographical and geospatial intelligence agency of the Portuguese Army. The main mission of the CIGeoE is to provide the Army and the other branches of the Armed Forces of Portugal, as well as the civil community, with geographic information, ensuring the implementation of activities related to the geographical science, cartographic technique and the promotion and development of scientific and technological research actions in the field of geographical support and geomatics. This mission includes the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) and imagery intelligence (IMINT) activities in support of the Armed Forces. Besides its main mission, CIGeoE is in charge of contributing to the operational forces of the Portuguese Army with its Geospatial Support Unit (UnApGeo).

Sacavém e Prior Velho is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Sacavém and Prior Velho. The population in 2011 was 24,822, in an area of 3.89 km².

Encarnação is a station on the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station is located under Rua General Silva Freire in the parish of Encarnação, a densely populated residential neighbourhood of northern Lisbon. The station, designed by the architect Alberto Barradas, opened on 17 July 2012 in conjunction with the Moscavide and Aeroporto stations, as part of the expansion of the line to serve Lisbon Portela Airport.

Olivais (Portuguese pronunciation: [oliˈvajʃ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in eastern Lisbon, Olivais is west of Parque das Nações, north of Marvila and Alvalade, and east of Lumiar and Santa Clara. The population in 2011 was 33,788.

Moscavide e Portela is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Moscavide and Portela. The population in 2011 was 21,891, in an area of 1.66 km².

Sacavém (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐkɐˈvɐ̃j]; Arabic: شقبان) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Sacavém e Prior Velho. It is a few kilometers north-east of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. The civil parish covers an area of 4.09 km2 (1.6 sq mi), and included as of 2001 census a resident population of 17,659 inhabitants. The region is known for its famous ceramics industry.

The Ceramics Museum of Sacavém (Portuguese: Museu de Cerâmica de Sacavém) is situated in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures, just northeast of Lisbon in Portugal. The museum was opened in July 2000 and was constructed on the grounds of a former ceramics factory. Most of the exhibits reflect the output of that factory and its documentation centre is devoted to the study of the history and production of the factory and the industrial heritage of the municipality. In 2002 the museum was awarded the Luigi Micheletti Prize in the Industrial Heritage category.

Moscavide is a station on the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station is in the parish of Moscavide in the Municipality of Loures, bordering Lisbon, and is located in Rua João Pinto Ribeiro beside Estádio Alfredo Marques Augusto. The station, designed by the architect Manuel Bastos, opened in July 2012 in conjunction with the Encarnação and Aeroporto stations, as part of the expansion of the line to serve Lisbon Portela Airport.

The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere) or IPMA is the national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organization of Portugal.

Estádio Alfredo Marques Augusto is a multi-use stadium in the parish of Moscavide in the Municipality of Loures, bordering Lisbon, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home stadium of CD Olivais e Moscavide. The stadium is able to hold 3,325 people. Moscavide station of the Lisbon Metro is located in Rua João Pinto Ribeiro at the north end of the stadium.

The Redoubt of Mount Cintra (or Mount Sintra), commonly known as the Fort of Sacavém, is located in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is situated immediately to the north of Lisbon. The fort’s construction began in 1875 and was completed in 1892. Since 2015 it has served as the National Archive for Portugal’s Directorate General of Cultural Heritage (DGPC).

Aeroporto is the terminal station on the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station was built to serve Lisbon Airport. The station, designed by the architect Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa, opened on July 17, 2012 in conjunction with the Encarnação and Moscavide stations, as part of the expansion of the line to serve Lisbon Portela Airport.