Praça do Império

The Praça do Império to German " Empire Square ", is a park in the Lisbon Municipality of Belém. The system is as Índia and the Rua de Belém bounded by the streets Avenida and covers an area of ​​3.3 hectares. In the immediate vicinity is the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos are ( north ), the Centro Cultural de Belém ( west ), the Linha de Cascais railway line and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos ( south) and the Jardim de Belém with the Praça Afonso de Albuquerque.

José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo designed the space along with the fountain ( Fonte Monumental) in honor of the Portuguese colonial empire to the exhibition by the Portuguese world in 1940. Prior were on the grounds of large sandy areas, earning him the name Praia do RESTELO ( " beach of RESTELO " ) earned.