Arroios (Lisbon)

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Arroios is the name of a municipality ( freguesia ) of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. Covering an area of 2.15 km ² live 32,345 inhabitants (as of 30 June 2011).

History

Arroios was taken on September 29, 2013 as part of the administrative reorganization of the city from the merger of the municipalities Anjos, Pena and São Jorge de Arroios.

Coat of arms of São Jorge de Arroios

Structures

• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany at the Campo Martires da Patria
• Coliseu dos Recreios
• Palácio Valmor

Sons and daughters

• Patrícia Mamona (* 1988), athlete from São Jorge de Arroios
• António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessoa (1749-1810), governor of Portuguese Timor from São Jorge de Arroios
• Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), Fado singer and actress from Pena