Santo António dos Cavaleiros

Santo António dos Cavaleiros is a village and parish in the municipality of Loures, with an area of 3.63 km² and 25,881 inhabitants (2011). Since 2013, it has been part of the new Union of Parishes of Santo António dos Cavaleiros and Frielas and includes the towns of Cidade Nova , Paradela , Quinta do Conventinho , Santo António dos Cavaleiros , Torres da Bela Vista , Quinta do Almirante , Flamenga and Ponte de Frielas. (which he shares with Frielas).

It is essentially a dormitory village in Lisbon, characterized by its construction of tall buildings.

Despite its long history, which dates back to the Paleolithic period, its growth began in the 16th century with the affluence of the nobility, their estates and mansions, but it was only from the 1960s that the urbanization of Santo António dos Cavaleiros gained force.

Designed by the architects Alberto Reaes Pinto, Ressano Garcia and Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, it was conceived as a garden city at the gates of Lisbon. The name of the neighborhood was inspired by Casal dos Cavaleiros, a town located between Flamenga and Ponte de Frielas.

From the 1970s onwards, as a result of cheap housing and road access to Lisbon, Santo António dos Cavaleiros attracted immigrants from various parts of Portugal and the world.

Points of interest

• Encosta de Santo António dos Cavaleiros Urban Park - 2.4 hectares of green spaces
• Loures Municipal Museum - Located in Quinta do Conventinho, a former Arab Franciscan convent
• Beatriz Ângelo Hospital - Multipurpose hospital integrated in the National Health Service
• Magnolia Health Center
• Municipal Swimming Pools (opened in 2004)
• Palaeolithic Station of Casal do Monte
• Pipo Silvia
• JI/Escola 1st cycle of Flamenga
• JI/Escola 1st cycle Fernando Bulhões
• JI/City Nova School 1st cycle
• 1st cycle school Quinta do Conventinho
• School EB 2.3 Maria Veleda
• EB 2.3 School Humberto Delgado
• José Cardoso Pires Secondary School
• Public Security Police