Square of Spain

Arch of San Bento in Plaza Spain.

The Plaza de España (designated Plaza España until 1979, Plaza de España) is an existing square in Lisbon, encompassed by the parishes of Campolide, Nossa Senhora de Fátima and São Domingos de Benfica.

Next is the famous Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, an important cultural center of the Portuguese capital, as well as the Palhavã Palace, the residence of the Spanish ambassador.

The Arco de São Bento arch was rebuilt in 1998. It was once part of the Galeria da Esperança of the Águas Livres Aqueduct and had been dismantled from its place of origin on Rua de São Bento.

The square is connected by the metro station Praça de Espanha, and from there vehicles can travel to the south bank of the Tagus River.

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