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Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon

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Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon
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Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon

Schedule

Summer

  • Starting on the last Sunday of March: 10:00 am – 07:00 pm

Winter

  • Starting on the last Sunday of October: 09:00 am – 05:00 pm

Closed: January 1st, May 1st, December 25th

Entrance

Standard: € 3,10

Cartão Jovem: € 2,33

Students e pensioner or retired: € 1,55

Free: Younger than 6 years old, Lisboa Card holders, persons over 70% of disability and their guest, every sunday and holiday until 02:00 pm.

Review

In the 19th century, the Parque Eduardo VII1 ? homage to the monarch of the United Kingdom ? where is situated the Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon (in portuguese, Estufa Fria de Lisboa), was a quarry from which basalt was extracted. It seems incredible, but in the same way that water nourishes plants, it was water the fed the shutdown of the quarry, being the predecessor of a place full of verdant beauty in the present. Therefore, we make a special mention to the, unknown by many, Ribeira de Valverde2! It descended the Vale Verde3 or Vale de Santo Antão4, today, the Parque Eduardo VII1, passing by the roundabout of Marquês de Pombal5 and following along the Avenida da Liberdade6.

In , an anonymous gardener decided to start at this very same place the creation of a space that would assemble plant species from the four corners of the world. However, is built only in , four years after being conjectured by the architect Raul Carapinha. In the , takes place the inauguration and the Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon opens doors to the general public.

The greenhouse is divided into five different areas, the Cold Greenhouse, Hot Greenhouse, Sweet Greenhouse, Exterior Lake and "Nave", a large building with ten domes.

The Cold Greenhouse, named like this due to its natural temperature, houses plants from several countries from Brazil to China!

In the Hot Greenhouse, are cultivated plants that need environments with higher temperatures to thrive, such as, the banana tree or the mango tree.

Ironically, the Sweet Greenhouse is destined to receive plants of the family Cactaceae, in other words, the cactus whose touch is all but sweet! On another side, the Exterior Lake grants the cold greenhouse a bucolic and refreshing character, and the "Nave" is used for events organized by a company.

Translation references

  1. Park Eduard VII
  2. Valverde Stream
  3. Verde Valley
  4. Valley of Santo Antão
  5. Marquis of Pombal
  6. Liberdade Avenue

Map and Location

Where is Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon?

Coordinates
Degrees
Decimal Degrees
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
38.728727º LAT
-9.154520º LON
38º 43.72362' N
9º 9.2712' W
38º 43' 43.42" N
9º 9' 16.27" W
Website http://estufafria.cm-lisboa.pt
Email estufafria@cm-lisboa.pt
Telephone +351 213 882 278
Address Parque Eduardo VII, 1070-099 Lisboa, Portugal
Parish Avenidas Novas
County Lisbon
District Lisboa
Region Estremadura
Country Portugal
Continent Europe

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