Parque dos Poetas
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RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 42.200 W 009° 18.175
29S E 473660 N 4283899
The park is crossed by "Alameda Poets' main route underlying the general conception of space. For its part, the Alameda is flanked by "islands", theme gardens that welcome small statues of poets, representative of the Portuguese poetry..
Waymark Code: WMD3A4
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 11/13/2011
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To select which poets who would be represented in the Park, the project leaders consulted several institutions which are empowered to investigate a selection of 60 authors. Of the names on the final list, 50 are Portuguese. 10 are authors of countries or territories of Portuguese expression.
Teixeira de Pascoaes, Florbela Espanca, José Gomes Ferreira, Miguel Torga, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Natalia Correia, Eugenio de Andrade, Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá Carneiro, Alexandre O'Neill and Antonio Ramos Rosa are poets whose statue can already been seen at the Park.
Garden Name: Parque dos Poetas
Owner/Commissioner of Garden: Oeiras City Hall
Address:
Rua Coro de Santo Amaro de Oeiras
Oeiras, Lisboa Portugal
2785
Fees?: no
Garden Website: [Web Link]
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Hours: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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