It has a rich cultural heritage, namely Fort of Leça da 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), the Leça Lighthouse, Quinta da Conceição Municipal Park (by Fernando Távora) and other religious monuments as Corpo Santo, Santana, and Boa Nova churches.
leça, palmeira, portuguese, pronunciation, ˈlɛsɐ, ðɐ, palˈmɐjɾɐ, former, civil, parish, municipality, matosinhos, greater, porto, area, portugal, 2013, parish, merged, into, parish, matosinhos, inhabitants, 2001, census, civil, parishcoat, armscoordinates, 193. Leca da Palmeira Portuguese pronunciation ˈlɛsɐ dɐ palˈmɐjɾɐ 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 Leca da Palmeira 1 It has 5 97 km and had 17 215 inhabitants in the 2001 census Leca da PalmeiraCivil parishCoat of armsCoordinates 41 11 37 N 8 41 50 W 41 19361 N 8 69722 W 41 19361 8 69722Country PortugalRegionNorteMetropolitan areaPortoDistrictPortoMunicipalityMatosinhosDisbanded2013Area Total5 97 km2 2 31 sq mi Population 2001 Total17 215 Density2 900 km2 7 500 sq mi Time zoneUTC 00 00 WET Summer DST UTC 01 00 WEST Farol da Boa Nova Leca da Palmeira Piscinas de MaresIt has a rich cultural heritage namely Fort of Leca da Palmeira Piscinas de Mares Swimming Pools on the Beach developed by the well known architect Siza Vieira Boa Nova Tea House also developed by Siza Vieira the Leca Lighthouse Quinta da Conceicao Municipal Park by Fernando Tavora and other religious monuments as Corpo Santo Santana and Boa Nova churches It is home of the international Leixoes seaport the country s second largest Petrogal and an oil refinery In sport the parish includes a football club Leca FC and a basketball club Grupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leca References edit Diario da Republica Law nr 11 A 2013 pages 552 68 69 PDF in Portuguese Retrieved 28 July 2014 External links editJunta de Freguesia de Leca da Palmeira Camara Municipal de Matosinhos Grupo Desportivo de Basquete de Leca nbsp This Porto location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leca da Palmeira amp oldid 1153960443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
