Paço de Arcos

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Paço de Arcos, Oeiras, Portugal
Paço de Arcos, Oeiras, Portugal
Quinta da Fonte - One of the biggest office parks in Europe
Quinta da Fonte - One of the biggest office parks in Europe

Paço de Arcos (pron. IPA: ['pasu dɨ 'aɾkuʃ] or ['pasu 'daɾkuʃ]) is a civil parish (Freguesias) in Oeiras, Portugal.

Its name comes from the Palace of the Arches located at the entrance to the village (coming from Lisbon), where, legend has it, king D. Manuel I of Portugal watched Vasco da Gama's caravels leave for India. Nowadays, the Portuguese maritime academy - Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique - is based there. It's also the base of the private business jet company NetJets Europe.

Paço de Arcos is where is located Quinta da Fonte, one of the biggest office parks in Europe, being the home of companies like General Electric, Nokia, Hewlett Packard, Intel, among others.

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