Campo Grande is a neighborhood and former Portuguese civil parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Lisbon.
[1] In the 12th century, the area was a zone of pastures, vineyards, farms and vegetable gardens and marked one of the entrances and exits to the city of Lisbon.
Diogo Inácio de Pina Manique, known for his role as Intendant-General of the Police, gave the space a new lease of life with an annual fair, which began in 1778.
On the land neighbouring the garden, in the manufacturing boom of the 19th century, a number of industries began to spring up, mainly dedicated to beer, wool, chemicals, diamond cutting and rope making.
A well-known example was the Lusitânia woollen factory, opened in 1842, which today houses the Lusófona University.