New park in Loures: A monument to Pope Francis!

New park in Loures: A monument to Pope Francis!

In Lisbon, a new park will be created in honor of Pope Francis, which is reminiscent of the events of the Catholic World Youth Day 2023. Kathpress.at reported that the opening of the Pope Franconian Park in the city of Loures, which borders on the Portuguese capital is planned for February 2025. The Portuguese government and the city administration have teamed up to implement this project. Riccardo Leão, the mayor of Loures, expressed hope that the park will attract numerous visitors, both locals and tourists from all over the world.

World Youth Day has increased the awareness of Portugal considerably. Carlos Moedas, the mayor of Lisbon, emphasized that the places associated with the event were particularly popular with tourists. In 2024, this led to a record of over 30 million international tourists who visited Portugal. The Lisbon metropolitan region was the main attraction, as the results of Visitlisboa.com show. This positive development in the tourism sector shows how important such cultural events are for the country's economy.

The creation of the new park aims to further increase the tourist attraction and to use the positive mood triggered by World Youth Day. This represents a further step in Lisbon's continuous support as an attractive goal for travelers and underlines the importance of the city in international tourism.