A landmark of modernist housing in Lisbon, built in 1949-1954 for the Alvalade plan by Ruy Athouguia and Sebastião Formosinho Sanchez. The blocks stand on pillars, the estacas that gave the bairro its name, over a continuous garden by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles: a break with the Estado Novo's traditional style that won a prize at the 1950 São Paulo Architecture Biennial.
- Address
- Between Rua Bulhão Pato, Rua Teixeira de Pascoais, Rua Antero de Figueiredo, Rua Pedro Ivo and Avenida Frei Miguel Contreiras, 1700 Lisboa
- Hours
- Open 24 hours (public gardens between residential blocks)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 30 min
- Price
- Free (residential neighbourhood, view from the street and gardens)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Walk under the raised blocks through the Ribeiro Telles gardens, requalified in recent years; the children's playground is on Rua Teixeira de Pascoais.
- These are lived-in homes: keep voices down and do not enter the stairwells.
- The bairro was put into classification as heritage in March 2021 (Diário da República).