History
Before urban development, much of this area consisted of estates and land connected to Campolide. Igreja de Santa Isabel, older roads and the military barracks created early reference points in an area that began to take urban form around 1878. In 1906, an urban plan associated with engineer Ressano Garcia was devised; the regular pattern of streets and blocks is still apparent on the ground. Some streets initially had numerical names before receiving their current ones. In the twentieth century, Mercado de Campo de Ourique, opened in 1934, became part of the local daily rhythm. On Rua Coelho da Rocha, the house where Fernando Pessoa lived from 1920 until a few days before his death now houses Casa Fernando Pessoa. The present civil parish of Campo de Ourique was created in 2012, bringing together Santa Isabel, established in 1741, and Santo Condestável, formed in 1959 from part of Santa Isabel’s territory.