Lisbon’s green lung turns 92 🌲 · Carl Munson's Portugal Club

Lisbon’s green lung turns 92 🌲

Olá, bom dia!

Yesterday, Lisbon’s biggest park had its birthday. On 1 November 1934, a decree created the Parque Florestal de Monsanto, on hills that were then nothing but fields and pasture. The first tree went in four years later, and the whole forest was planted by hand, tree by tree.

Today’s sheet, Nº 22: Monsanto, is in the classroom. And a warning: there are two Monsantos! The park on Lisbon’s edge, and the hilltop village near Idanha-a-Nova where House of the Dragon was filmed.

Here’s a nugget: both names may come from the Latin mons sanctus, “holy mountain”.

Over to you: what’s your favourite corner of Monsanto? A viewpoint, a picnic spot, a cycle route?

Bom passeio! 🌳

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Lisbon’s green lung turns 92 🌲