Avenida Xavier do Amaral
| Avenida Xavier do Amaral Francisco do Amaral Avenue
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| Street in Dili | |
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| The roundabout at the southern end of Avenida Xavier do Amaral with the President's monument | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Dili |
| District | Nain Feto and Vera Cruz |
| Hist. Names | Avenida Bispo Medeiros (until 2015) |
| Connecting roads | Avenida Bispo Medeiros |
| Cross streets | Rua 30 de Agosto, Rua 25 de Abril, Rua Formosa, Avenida 20 de Maio , Rua de Caicoli, Avenida Liberdade de Imprensa |
| Buildings | East Timor’s Government Palace , Casa Europa , Associação Comercial, Agrícola e Industrial de Timor , Central Bank of East Timor , National Stadium of East Timor , |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , private traffic , public transport |
The Avenida Xavier do Amaral is one of the main streets in the center of the East Timorese capital Dili . It is named after the former president and founding president of FRETILIN Francisco Xavier do Amaral , who died in 2012. Until 2015, Avenida was the northern part of Avenida Bispo Medeiros .
The Avenida forms the border between the administrative offices of Vera Cruz in the west, with the Sucos Colmera and Caicoli , and Nain Feto in the east, with the Sucos Bidau Lecidere , Gricenfor and Santa Cruz .
The Avenida begins at the southern end of the Bay of Dili , where it branches off to the south from Avenida Marginal , which follows the bank. On the west side is the park that forms the front of the East Timor government palace . Opposite is the Casa Europa , the seat of the Representation of the European Union in East Timor. After Rua 30 de Agosto , on the east side is the former building of the Associação Comercial, Agrícola e Industrial de Timor (ACAIT), with the Portuguese embassy . On the west side, behind the side wing of the government palace, the central bank of East Timor and a smaller administrative building, is the East Timor’s national parliament , which has its entrance on the crossing Rua Formosa . The crossing Avenida 20 de Maio marks the beginning of the Caicoli and Santa Cruz districts. On the Santa Cruz side is the East Timor National Stadium . The Avenida Xavier do Amaral ends in a roundabout, from where the Avenida Bispo Medeiros continues south . On the Caicoli side is the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Avenida Liberdade de Imprensa comes from the east and Rua de Caicoli from the west . The inside of the roundabout belongs to Suco Santa Cruz. The monument to Francisco Xavier do Amaral has stood here since 2017 .
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Casa Europa
National stadium
Street market in front of the National Stadium on Av. Francisco do Amaral
The roundabout at the southern end of Avenida Xavier do Amaral (2002)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 8 ° 33 ′ 14.7 " S , 125 ° 34 ′ 46.3" E