The Jardim de São Pedro de Alcântara is a garden located in Lisbon, in the parish of Misericórdia. It was built in 1864 on two terraces. [1]
It has an area of 0.6 ha. [2] It is located on Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara, near Bairro Alto. The garden has a small lake and a belvedere, which offers an imposing view of the east of Lisbon, overlooking part of the Baixa area of Lisbon and the south bank of the river Tagus.
There is a map in tiles next to the balustrade, which helps to identify some places of Lisbon. The panorama stretches from the walls of Castelo de São Jorge, surrounded by trees and the Sé de Lisboa (12th century), in the hills to the southwest, to the Penha de França church of the eighteenth century, to the northwest. Also visible is the large church complex of Graça, while São Vicente de Fora is recognizable by the symmetrical towers around the white façade.
The benches and shadows of the trees make the belvedere a very pleasant place. To get to the viewpoint you can choose to climb the Calçada da Glória or climb the Elevador da Glória, which leaves you very close to the belvedere.
In the garden, the monument of Costa Motta (uncle), erected in 1904, represents Eduardo Coelho, the founder of the newspaper Diário de Notícias, underneath it, an ardina proclaims the famous newspaper.
Lisbon (/ˈlɪzbən/; Portuguese: Lisboa, IPA: [liʒˈboɐ]) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 552,700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km². Its urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. About 3 million people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (which represents approximately 27% of the country's population). It is continental Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus. The westernmost areas of its metro area form the westernmost point of Continental Europe.
Lisbon is recognised as a alpha-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. Lisbon is the only Portuguese city besides Porto to be recognised as a global city. It is one of the major economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial sector and one of the largest container ports on Europe's Atlantic coast. Humberto Delgado Airport serves over 20 million passengers annually, as of 2015, and the motorway network and the high-speed rail system of Alfa Pendular link the main cities of Portugal. The city is the 7th-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens and Milan, with 1,740,000 tourists in 2009. The Lisbon region contributes with a higher GDP PPP per capita than any other region in Portugal. Its GDP amounts to 96.3 billion USD and thus $32,434 per capita. The city occupies 32nd place of highest gross earnings in the world. Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country are located in the Lisbon area. It is also the political centre of the country, as its seat of Government and residence of the Head of State.
Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Western Europe, predating other modern European capitals such as London, Paris and Rome by centuries. Julius Caesar made it a municipium called Felicitas Julia, adding to the name Olissipo. Ruled by a series of Germanic tribes from the 5th century, it was captured by the Moors in the 8th century. In 1147, the Crusaders under Afonso Henriques reconquered the city and since then it has been a major political, economic and cultural centre of Portugal. Unlike most capital cities, Lisbon's status as the capital of Portugal has never been granted or confirmed officially – by statute or in written form. Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention, making its position as de facto capital a part of the Constitution of Portugal.
Lisbon enjoys a Mediterranean climate. It has one of the warmest winters of any metropolis in Europe, with average temperatures 15 °C (59 °F) during the day and 8 °C (46 °F) at night from December to February. The typical summer season lasts about four months, from June to September, although also in April temperatures sometimes reach around 25 °C (77.0 °F).
