Lisboa Amoreiras, Portugal

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The Amoreiras (Mulberry) garden, located in Lisbon's Praça das Amoreiras, is partly delimited by the Águas Livres Aqueduct and is located on the Mãe d'Água, a historical water supply for the city of Lisbon and the current Water Museum.
Flanking the garden are the Árpád Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation, installed in the former silk factory, the Chapel of Our Lady of Monserrate and several 18th-century dwellings originally built to house the workers of the silk factory.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Monserrate is next to the fifth arch of the aqueduct and was built by order of the Silk Fabric Brotherhood during the 18th century.
In the center of the garden is a circular fountain, which is flanked by stone benches.

The Amoreiras Garden was designed by the Marquis of Pombal and opened in 1759. The Marquis of Pombal designed 331 mulberries for the site of the Silk Factory, with the purpose of promoting the Portuguese silk industry. The Mulberry Fair was held here.
The Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras Reservoir is the deposit that collects the waters from the Águas Livres aqueduct, in the district of Lisbon. It was designed in 1745 and built in Jardim das Amoreiras, being completed in 1834.
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