Santa Catarina (Lisbon)

History

Geography

Architecture

Civic

• Palácio Pombal
• Palácio do Cunhal das Bolas
• Palácio dos Condes de Mesquitela
• Palácio Flor da Murta
• Chafariz da Rua do Século
• Palácio Cabral
• Edifício Lançada - Edifício de "O Século"
• Palácio Paiva de Andrade
• Palácio Braamcamp
• Palácio Perry Linde
• Palácio dos Marqueses das Minas
• Palácio Marim Olhão
• Palácio dos Marqueses de Ficalho

  Religious

• Igreja da Santa Catarina
• Ermida dos Fiéis de Deus
• Ermida da Ascensão de Cristo
• Convento dos Inglesinhos - also known as the Colégio de São Pedro e São Paulo
• Convento dos Caetanos - home to the Conservatório Nacional

  Notable citizens

• Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo - 1st Count of Oeiras, 1st Marquis of Pombal, 18th Century Portuguese statesman, Minister of the Kingdom in the government of Joseph I of Portugal from 1750 to 1777; the most prominent government official, de facto head of government, notable for his leadership in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, who implemented sweeping economic policies to regulate commercial activity and standardize quality, and instrumental in the weakening of the Inquisitionin Portugal;
• Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage was a Neoclassic poet, who wrote under the pen name Elmano Sadino and is generally known for his baudy, rude prose;
• Almeida Garrett a poet, playwright, novelist and politician; considered to have introduced the Romanticism to Portugal, with his epic poem Camões, based on the life of Luís de Camões;
• Alexandre Herculano, was a novelist, historian and a constitutional Liberal with convictions on political Catholicism and Christianity;
• Camilo Castelo Branco, was a prolific 19th Century writer, who authored over 260 books ;
• Ramalho Ortigão, was a 19th-century writer, who at one time battled Antero de Quental and Questão Coimbrain modern literature, but later joined the Geração de 70 as it promoted Portuguese culture;
• Gonçalves Crespo , was a Brazilian-born poet, deeply informed by Parnassianism;
• Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho was a writer and feminist, who wrote short stories, essays, biographies, and literary criticism;
• Abel Manta, was an architect, painter, designer and cartoonist;
• António Quadros, was a philosopher, writer, translator and university professor.