Centro Comercial do Restelo

Side view of the shopping center designed by Raúl Chorão Ramalho

The Centro Comercial do Restelo is a shopping center in the Restelo district of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon .

history

In the 1940s, new residential areas were built in Restelo. To counteract the lack of utilities, the Câmara Municipal of Lisbon commissioned the construction of a shopping center. The architect Raúl Chorão Ramalho built the country's first free-standing shopping center on Rua Duarte Pacheco Pereira between 1949 and 1956.

description

The mall consists of two symmetrical blocks on either side of the street. The individual shops are on the ground floor. The facade is structured rhythmically by columns. There are apartments on the first floor . The building is adorned with tiles by the Portuguese artist Querubim Lapa .

On December 31, 2012, it was classified as a Monumento de Interest Público .

Web links

Commons : Centro Comercial do Restelo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Centro Comercial do Restelo. In: Pesquisa Geral - Pesquisa do Patrimonio. Direção Geral do Património Cultural , accessed March 28, 2018 (Portuguese). 

Coordinates: 38 ° 41 '53.3 "  N , 9 ° 13' 8.5"  W.