Passeio Público (Lisbon)

The Public Promenade (Portuguese: Passeio Público) was a park in Lisbon, Portugal, that was located where the Avenida da Liberdade is currently laid.

Its borders soon attracted the finest homes of Lisbon personalities, leading to the eventual destruction of the park in order to construct a grand boulevard that would become the Avenida da Liberdade.

[2] The Passeio's failure to attract the interests in the upper classes resulted in a successive series of works to improve the park's quality and popularity.

In 1863, the first idea of creating a grand passage way through the park first arose, but it was only in 1873 when the Municipality of Lisbon took the decision to construct a great avenue through the Passeio.

[5] Edward VII Park was later built north of the northern terminus of Avenida de Liberdade to make up for the public green space lost to the roadway.