Parque Botânico do Monteiro-Mor, Lisboa: contributo para o seu plano de gestão e de manutenção

Abstract

The Botanical Park of Monteiro-Mor is the case study discussed throughout this dissertation. Situated in the historic district of Lumiar, in the northern boundary of the city of Lisbon, was built in the eighteenth century by the 3rd marquis of Angeja and covers an area of 11 ha. This work aims to contribute to the preparation of the management and maintenance plan that will preserve, restore and conserve the historical, cultural and natural heritage of this place. The study of the park consists primarily on an extensive literature review that results in the historical framework of the park over the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is essential to the understanding of this place, its origins and its evolution over the centuries that went through to the present. Then is performed a review of all its components, from the characterization of the biophysical factors that are intrinsic to him, lifting each of the structures that compose it, analyzing their needs and capabilities in order to perform an intervention proposal that aims at the development and promotion of the park, with the main objective and concern to safeguard the integrity and authenticity of this historic garden and cultural landscape