Caxias (Oeiras)
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Caxias is a municipality in the district ( Municipio ) of Oeiras 3.4 km ² and 8943 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2011). This gives a population density of 2623 persons per km ². The patron of the place is Nossa Senhora das Dores.
The place was on 24 July 1997 Vila ( town ) collected, followed by the founding of the eponymous municipality on 12 June 2001 by elimination of Paço de Arcos.
During the Estado Novo ( dictatorship ) in Portugal, the political police PIDE operational there a prison that was stormed on April 27, 1974 in the Carnation Revolution.
Structures
- Forte de São Bruno
- Paço Real de Caxias (gardens with sculptures from the 18th century )