About the neighborhood
Civil parish in Norte, Portugal
Miragaia (Portuguese pronunciation: miɾɐˈɣajɐ) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória. The population in 2011 was 2,067, in an area of 0.43km (0.17 square miles).
Local landmarks include Santo António Hospital, the ancient city walls of Porto, built by Ferdinand I, the Chafariz da Colher fountain and several palaces and churches. Its jewish and moorish quarters used to be known as Bairro de Monchique.
Notable people from Miragaia
Gabriel Azevedo Mendes (b. 1954), football player
Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes (b. 1957), politician
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (b. 1957), former Prime Minister
Fernando Manuel Silva Leal (Nandinho) (b. 1982), futsal player
Ricardo Jorge de Sousa Pedrosa (b. 1989), football player
Samuel Almeida Bráz Waterland Cruz (b. 1993), football player
Jorge Manuel Pereira Santos (Gazela) (b. 1994), football player
References
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Photographs of Porto
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Miragaia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
