Jardim do Principe Real
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Jardim do Príncipe Real is a romantic-style garden in central Lisbon’s Praça do Príncipe Real.
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Why go
- A Buçaco cedar with a canopy over 20 metres across, classified as being of public interest.
- Beneath the square, the Patriarcal reservoir has 31 pillars, each 9.25 metres tall, and holds 880 cubic metres.
Don't miss
- Octagonal lake and fountainThe garden is arranged around a large octagonal lake with a fountain.At the centre of the garden.
- Antero de Quental sculptureMestre Lagoa Henriques’s sculpture commemorates the centenary of Antero de Quental’s death.
- Symmetrical flowerbedsLook for symmetrical beds filled with colourful flowers and small shrubs.
History
A new patriarchal cathedral was begun on the site, but fire destroyed it and the project was abandoned. Around 1789, a costly proposal to build a treasury on the ruins emerged; it had been forgotten by 1797.
- 1740The site had become Bairro Alto’s rubbish dump.
- 1755The Lisbon earthquake destroyed the Colégio das Missões, built on land cleared by Jesuit priests.
- 1830The council ordered the rubble cleared to make a square.
- 1853–1859The garden was designed in 1853 and laid out as Praça do Príncipe Real in 1859.
- 1861Work to level the square began.
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- 1863The Companhia das Águas completed the Patriarcal reservoir to supply the garden and connect Lisbon fountains.
- 1869The garden was illuminated and landscaped to a design by João Francisco da Silva.
- 1915A bust honouring the republican journalist França Borges was installed.
How to get there
- On footThe garden is near Bairro Alto.
Sources: Jardin do Príncipe Real - Wikipedia · Jardim do Príncipe Real - Wikipedia · Jardim do Príncipe Real - Wikipedia · checked 4 Oct 2026
Where
Praca Principe Real, Lisbon
- Phone
- 800910211
Plan from here: Evening walk →
Questions and answers
Has Jardim do Príncipe Real had other names?
The square was called Praça Rio de Janeiro from 1911 to 1919, then returned to Príncipe Real. In the 1950s, it was called Largo de D. Pedro V.
How large is Jardim do Príncipe Real?
It covers 12,000 square metres.
Is there a market at Jardim do Príncipe Real?
A weekly organic produce market takes place there.
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