Saint Sebastian's Quarry

São Sebastião da Pedreira (Saint Sebastian’s Quarry) is a district of Lisbon and, between 1608 and 2013 (except for the period 1852 – 1885, when it was part of the short-lived Santa Maria de Belém [Bethlehem] council) a former parish of the municipality.

In its last configuration (1959 – 2013) it had a reduced area of only ​​1.08 km² and, in the 2011 census, 6,342 inhabitants. The parish was founded in the baroque period by the partial break-up of the even older medieval parish of Santa Justa. Its territorial shrinkage in 1959 was the result of the creation of the new parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Our Lady of Fátima).

As a result of the cost-cutting local government administrative reorganisation of 8th November 2012 that came into effect in the 2013 municipal elections, the parish was dissolved, transferring its territory entirely to the new parish of Avenidas Novas, ironically the latter corresponding, with very few exceptions, to the old configuration of the parish prior to 1959. Hardly coincidentally, for several decades, it was the parish with the highest number of births in the entire metropolitan area of ​​Lisbon, thanks exclusively to the Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital.

Notable Heritage Sites

Anastácio Gonçalves Museum (also known as Malhoa House, built 1904)

Artur Prat House (built 1912)

Blue Quarter (phased construction, 1930’s)

Building on the corner of Praça Duque de Saldanha (Duke of Saldanha Square) and Avenida da República (Republic Avenue) (built 1907)

Guedes Quinhones Palace (17th century)

Hotel Ritz (built 1952 ~ 1959)

Largo (Green) de São Sebastião da Pedreira

Mendonça Palace (also known as Ventura Terra House, built 1902 ~ 1909)

Parish Church of São Sebastião da Pedreira (consecrated 1652)

Vilalva Palace (1858)