Gulbenkian Garden

Built in the late 1960s, based on a project by landscape architects António Viana Barreto and Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, the Gulbenkian Garden is one of the most emblematic gardens of the Portuguese modern movement, with a use of vegetation which breaks with the practices of that time and celebrates the Portuguese landscape.

Walking amongst the trees and plants, attending an open-air concert or simply resting by the lake, or observing the birds that surround it, are some of the possibilities offered by the Gulbenkian Garden, which surrounds all of The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s buildings.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is an international foundation promoting the development of individuals and organisations through art, science, education, and charity, for a more equitable and sustainable society. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established in 1956 by the will of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, a philanthropist of Armenian origin who lived in Lisbon between 1942 and 1955, the year he died.

Group: Natural Asset

Type: Garden

Century: 20th century

Geography: Lisbon, Portugal

Latitude: 38.738037052763, Longitude: -9.155023510322465

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Contributed by: Armenian Heritage