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Leça da Palmeira

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Country
  
Portugal

Disbanded
  
2013

Population
  
17,215 (2001)

Municipality
  
Matosinhos

Local time
  
Thursday 7:02 PM

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 47% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Parque Municipal da Quinta, Praia do Aterro, Museu da Quinta de Santiago, Faro de Leça, Praia de Leça da Palmeira

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Leça da Palmeira ([ˈlɛsɐ dɐ paɫˈmɐjɾɐ]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos in the Greater Porto area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira. It has 5.97 km² and had 17.215 inhabitants in the 2001 census.

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Map of Le%C3%A7a da Palmeira, Portugal

It has a rich cultural heritage, namely Fort of Leça de Palmeira, Piscinas de Marés (Swimming Pools on the Beach) developed by the well-known architect Siza Vieira, Boa Nova Tea House (also developed by Siza Vieira), Quinta da Conceição Municipal Park (by Fernando Távora) and other religious monuments as Corpo Santo, Santana, and Boa Nova churches.

It is home of the international Leixões seaport, the country's second largest; Petrogal, and an oil refinery. In sport, the parish includes a football club, Leça FC, and a basketball club, Grupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leça.

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References

Leça da Palmeira Wikipedia