Sacavém
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Sacavém is a city and 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-e
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
History of Sacavém
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The history of Sacavém is the history of a town that, due to its strategic location —at the crossroads of the roads leading to Lisbon from the north and east— has been present in almost all the key da
Sacavém
…Quinta do Mocho murals, a public art project in Sacavém History of Sacavém Leal, Pinho (1990) [1873–1890], Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionário Geográphico, Estatístico, Chorográphico, Heráldico, Archeológico, Histórico…
The current Church of Our Lady of Victory of Sacavém stands, according to tradition, where the former Church of Our Lady of Pleasures was found, existing in the town during the Muslim domination.
D. Afonso Henriques, mythical conqueror of Sacavém.