HouseLoures (Portugal)

Built in 1677, Quinta de Santa Maria do Covão extends over the fertile lands of Loures, an old saloia area on the outskirts of Lisbon. Its historical and architectural heritage dating from the end of the seventeenth century, its landscaping and its size make this property present a uniqueness that allows various uses, from housing, through leisure and sports and ending in uses related to agricultural production.
With a total area of 72,352 m2, the property consists of a main house, caretaker's house, guest house and a recent house built in an old dovecote with a total built area of 1,402 m2. The property also includes a swimming pool with support annexes, a garage for six cars, a tennis court and an agricultural warehouse.
Its unique characteristics allow a fine mix between an urban life and a country life, where the residential dimension can be perfectly married with the professional dimension, where the charm of the farm easily makes us forget the classic suburban setting of a big city.
Loures is a Portuguese city in the district of Lisbon, belonging to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with about 260,000 inhabitants.
It is the seat of the municipality of Loures with an area of 167.24 square kilometers and 205,054 inhabitants (2013), subdivided into 10 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos, to the east by Vila Franca de Xira and by the Tagus estuary (territory also officially assigned to Vila Franca de Xira), to the southeast by Lisbon, to the southwest by Odivelas, to the west by Sintra and to the northwest by Mafra.
Every year, the famous Loures Carnival is held in the city, which brings tens of thousands of people to the city. This tradition dates back to 1934.
Loures has its heritage, namely, Loures Aqueduct, Pirescoxe Castle, Church of Santa Maria de Loures, Palace and Quinta do Correio-Mor, Mitra Palace, Valflores Palace, Quinta do Conventinho, among others.
It offers a vast road network such as CRIL, North-South Axis, Via de cintura (viaduct in São Julião do Tojal, as well as the reprofiling of the EN115-5, improving the connection of this road to the junction of the A1 in Santa Iria de Azóia) and A8, allowing alternative routes to the center of Loures and thus contributing to an improvement in the environment and quality of life.
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