I live in Oeiras, Oeiras is a Portuguese village, seat of the municipality of Oeiras located in the district and metropolitan area of Lisbon, being one of the first cities in the capital. It is on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and in the estuary of the Tagus River. Since prehistory, the mild climate, the abundance of water, the quality of the soils and the privileged geographical position offered by the riverside area of the Tagus estuary, allowed the subsistence of agro-pastoral villages for over 4000 years. In this way, Oeiras is an autonomous economic hub: it is one of the most developed and richest municipalities in the Iberian Peninsula and even in Europe.With the highest per capita income in Portugal, it is also the 2nd municipality with the highest purchasing power and the 2nd largest municipality to collect taxes in Portugal. The economic level is directly linked to the studies and this relationship shows that Oeiras is also the municipality in Portugal with the highest concentration of population with higher education and the area in Portugal with the lowest rate of population without education. I have been living here for 40 years and I only left Oeiras for a period of 5 years when I lived in Lisbon- Bairro Alto. today I thought that would be a good idea present some sketches I made at Oeiras. Hope you like it.
This is a building from XIX century at the main plazaOur municipal theatre The church on the right, a small cultural center in the midle and the municipal market on the left More or less new Oeiras Unfinished Train raill Oeiras’s Mall Gaz station near my flatA sculpture next to the municipal library A sketch at the municipal park. As the European green capital of 2020, Lisbon has presented one park that is more beautiful and well-kept than the other. Parque dos Poetas, in Oeiras, is an open-air museum of sculptural art. The only one in Portugal and the biggest in Europe. Here, landscaping and sculpture embody poetry. Take some nice things and have a picnic to enjoy the place. Worth it!Oeiras’s @paulalourenco1962 Aerodrome One of the Oeiras beachesAnother beachAnother beachAnother beachAnother beachOcean Municipal pool Old park One of many beach fortification New Oeiras , business park Another fortification at the beach. I think there are 10 of it. One in each beach along the coast Another beachHere is a 5 km of a walking way by the seaWhere I live. Sketch from my kitchen window. Old OEiras is down that streetOf course McDonald’s Oeiras Marina is a concept that brings together several areas of leisure such as the Paseo Marítimo, Oeiras Recreational Port and Oeiras Ocean Swimming Pool.Oeiras’s many Beach barAgain Oeiras park of PoetsEntrance to the ocean swimming municipal poolMunicipal LibraryPoets parkOld train bridge still working
Paula Lourenço sketching 
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Interesting sketches- looks a very attractive town/area!
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Yes it’s, very small 45 km square
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