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The Sports City of Póvoa de Varzim includes the municipal stadium of Póvoa de Varzim, the surrounding sports fields, mostly used by the local junior people's soccer league of Póvoa de Varzim. The municipal stadium is surrounded by hills and bushes in an attempt to reduce the venue's visual impact.
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City Park (1993-2002). When complete, Póvoa de Varzim City Park will be one of the largest urban parks in
Portugal with 90 hectares (220 acres), similar in size to Porto City Park, with 83 hectares (210 acres) and considered the largest urban park in Portugal. The landscape architect referred to
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The park is located in a former plain, where a small stream, farms and farmhouses existed. It includes landscaped hills, a lake, an island, and ways. The stream was recovered and wildlife started inhabiting the area. Small bridges, squares, and rustic buildings were built. The park includes the
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The stadium landscaping was designed by
Sidonio Pardal with the support of the architect Vítor Mogadouro who designed the building. The Sports City has a plan to include the Varzim S.C. stadium and the Sports Complex of Clube Desportivo da Póvoa, both are private developments.
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The east park is a leisure park with 19 hectare and a 2 hectare central lake. It is surrounded by 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of ways and 20 stations. These stations are mostly granite and shale constructions, used for resting, some shaped as small squares or
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and parking spaces are currently available, the parkland has no bars or similar services, and this option was part of the development policy who wanted people to focus on the great lawn areas and nature itself. The East Park is located in
Sencadas area, in
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and crosses the park from southeast to the northwest. The stream is also the lake's primary outflow. Part of the water to fill the lake was also got using groundwater. The stream, in the current lake-bed, was at most 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) wide.
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The lake has a central island and outlying rocks with an expressive treeline which predate the lake and the park itself. The lake is only 60 centimetres (24 in) deep.
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Póvoa's development area as being "dull, inhospitable, flat and exposed to the motorway", and due to this several slopes had to be erected.
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The new project was part of the urbanization policy of mayor
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30 hectares (74 acres) when complete: 90 hectares (220 acres)
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1382:Grande Hotel da Póvoa
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1234:Rocha Peixoto Library
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269:The Lake and wildlife
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1367:Santa Clara Aqueduct
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453:In the forefront, a
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1624:Desportivo da Póvoa
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346:black-winged stilt
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