Loures (parish)

Loures (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈloɾɨʃ] (listen)) is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the District and Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201,632.

Igreja de Santa Maria is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

The Roman villa of Almoinhas is a Roman villa in the civil parish of Loures, municipality of Loures, dating to the first to fifth century A.D.

Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santo António dos Cavaleiros and Frielas. The population in 2011 was 28,052, in an area of 9.20 km².

The Palace of the High Courier of Loures (Portuguese: Palácio do Correio-Mor), is a palatial residence in the civil parish of Loures, in the municipality of the same name in the periphery of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. The imposing Baroque-era residence, is a "U"-shaped layout, consisting of a courtyard leading to a staircase and a two-storey building decorated in azulejos, stucco artistic works, and paintings that were once home to the Counts and Marquesses of Penafiel.

Frielas (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾiˈɛlɐʃ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas. Frielas has an area of 5.63 km2, 2676 inhabitants according to the census made in 2001 and a density of 475 inhabitants per km2.

The Roman Villa of Frielas is located in the parish of Frielas in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It fell under the territory of the Roman settlement of Olisipo, which covered a large area from Lisbon to the south to Torres Vedras in the north. It is believed to have been re-used in the medieval period during the Islamic occupation of Portugal. Excavations began in 1997 and are continuing, over an area of about 3500 square metres. Since 2012 the villa has been classified as a Site of Public Interest.

Igreja da Póvoa de Santo Adrião is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

Ramada e Caneças is a civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Ramada and Caneças. The population in 2011 was 32,581, in an area of 9.66 km².

Ramada (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɐˈmadɐ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Odivelas, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Ramada e Caneças. It covers an area of 3.86 km² and had a population of 15,770 as of 2001.

Odivelas station is the northern terminus on the Yellow Line of the Lisbon Metro in the Odivelas neighbourhood, north west of central Lisbon.

The Monastery of Saint Denis (Portuguese: Mosteiro de São Dinis) is located in the city of Odivelas, near Lisbon, in Portugal. The feminine Cistercian convent was founded by King Dinis I and was built during the 14th century in Gothic style. It is the burial place of the king. From 1900 to 2015, it housed the Instituto de Odivelas, an internal college for girls.