Sacavém 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 Trancão River winding through the heart of Sacavém
The Roman bridge of Sacavém, drawn by Francisco de Holanda (c.1571) in Da fábrica que falece a cidade de Lisboa
Afonso Henriques in battle, near the Roman bridge in Sacavém
Several bridges are necessary to cross the town's rivers, including the Sacavém Arch footbridge across the Trancão
Leonor Teles was queen consort of Portugal by marriage to King Ferdinand I, and regent of Portugal. She was one of the protagonists, along with her brothers and her daughter Beatrice, of the events that led to the succession crisis of 1383–1385, which culminated in the defeat of her son-in-law King John I of Castile and his armies in the Battle of Aljubarrota. Called "the Treacherous" by her subjects, who execrated her on account of her adultery and treason to her native country, she was dubbed by historian Alexandre Herculano as "the Portuguese Lucrezia Borgia".
Church and tower of the monastery in Leça do Balio where King Ferdinand and Leonor were married in 1372
A morte do Conde Andeiro (The death of Count Andeiro) (c. 1860) José de Sousa Azevedo. Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis (Oporto).
