List of street names in Lisbon / Charneca

The list of street names in Lisbon / Charneca lists the names of streets and squares of the former Freguesia Charneca of the Portuguese capital Lisbon and also gives the meanings and circumstances of the naming. Currently valid street names are given in normal letters, names that are no longer valid after renaming or overbuilding are given in italics.

Streets in alphabetical order

• Avenida Dr. José Salvado Sampaio

  2009 named after the pedagogue José Salvado Sampaio (1921-2006)

• Avenida Nuno Krus Abecasis

  2001 named after the mayor of Lisbon Nuno Krus Abecasis (1929–1999)

• Avenida Santos e Castro

  named 1988

• Avenida Sérgio Vieira de Mello

  2003 named after the Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003)

• Azinhaga da Póvoa
• Azinhaga das Galinheiras
• Azinhaga do Beco
• Azinhaga do Reguengo
• Azinhaga dos Milagres
• Campo das Amoreiras
• Estrada da Póvoa
• Estrada das Amoreiras
• Estrada de Sao Bartolomeu

  Named in 1891 after the former parish of São Bartolomeu da Charneca

• Estrada do Forte da Ameixoeira

  named after the Forte da Ameixoeira

• Estrada do Manique

  probably named after the former Quinta do Manique

• Estrada do Pisa Pimenta
• Estrada do Poço de Baixo
• Jardim Maria da Luz Ponces de Carvalho

  2008 named after the pedagogue Maria da Luz Ponces de Carvalho (1918–1999)

• Largo das Galinheiras
• Largo das Peneireiras
• Largo do Médico
• Largo dos Defensores da República
• Praça Dom António Ribeiro
• Praceta Fernando Valle
• Rampa do Mercado
• Rua António Aleixo
• Rua António Dacosta
• Rua António Duarte
• Rua Bernardo Marques
• Rua Blasco Hugo Fernandes
• Rua Carlos Aboim Inglez
• Rua da Várzea
• Rua de São José à Charneca
• Rua do Bairro da Carritas
• Rua do Eucalipto às Galinheiras
• Rua dos Balsares de Baixo
• Rua dos Sete Céus
• Rua Emídio Santana
• Rua General França Borges
• Rua Hein Semke

  2011 named after the German sculptor Hein Semke (1899–1995)

• Rua João Amaral
• Rua João Lourenço Rebelo
• Rua Joaquim Cordeiro
• Rua Lino de Carvalho
• Rua Luís Sá

  2001 named after the university professor and politician Luís Sá (1952–1999)

• Rua Manuel António Gomes
• Rua Manuel Lopes
• Rua Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
• Rua Maria Júdice da Costa
• Rua Martin Luther King

  2008 named after the American civil rights activist Martin Luther King (1929–1968)

• Rua Melo Antunes
• Rua Octávio Pato
• Rua Quinta da Assunção
• Rua Raul Rego

  2003 named after the journalist and resistance fighter Raul Rego

• Rua rice pinto

  2004 named after the sports scientist Henrique Manuel Ruivo Reis Pinto (1925–2005)

• Rua Ruy Cinatti

  1987 named after the poet Ruy Cinatti (1915–1986)

• Rua Teresa de Saldanha

  1988 named after the nun Teresa de Saldanha (1837-1916)

• Rua Tito de Morais

  2001 named after the politician and co-founder of the PS Tito de Morais

• Rua Vasco da Gama Fernandes

  2001 named after the politician Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), the first president of the Assembleia da República

• Rua Vasco de Lima Couto

  1987 named after the poet and actor Vasco de Lima Couto (1923–1980)

Web links

• Toponímia de Lisboa