Hospital de Santa Maria | |
Org/Group: | Northern Lisbon University Hospital Centre |
Location: | Avenida Professor Egas Moniz |
Region: | Alvalade |
State: | Lisbon |
Country: | Portugal |
Coordinates: | 38.7485°N -9.1606°W |
Healthcare: | National Health Service |
Funding: | Public |
Type: | Group III (Central Hospital) |
Affiliation: | Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon |
Emergency: | Yes |
Hospital de Santa Maria (pronounced as /pt-PT/; "Saint Mary's Hospital") is a public Central Hospital serving the Greater Lisbon area as part of the Northern Lisbon University Hospital Centre (CHULN), a State-owned enterprise. Santa Maria is the largest hospital in Portugal.
Saint Mary's Hospital is located in the Cidade Universitária, the main campus of the University of Lisbon and ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, within the civil parish of Alvalade. Designed by German architect Hermann Distel, it was built from 1940 to 1953, meant as a new University Hospital housing the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.[1] [2]