Mário Soares Garden
| Mário Soares Garden | |
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Interactive map of Mário Soares Garden | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Alvalade, Lisbon |
| Coordinates | 38°45′11″N 9°09′04″W / 38.753°N 9.151°W |
| Area | 13.4 hectares (33 acres) |
| Etymology | Mário Soares |
The Mário Soares Garden (Jardim Mário Soares), named after former President Mário Soares, is a 13.38-hectare public park in the municipality of Alvalade in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. It is long and narrow, with a maximum width of about 150 metres, and extends northwest for 1.2 kilometres between two carriageways of Campo Grandebeginning near the Campo Grande subway station. The park is divided into northern and southern sections by the Avenida do Brasil. Laid out in the 19th century and originally known as Jardim do Campo Grande, it was renamed in 2018.