Estrela, located halfway up the hill between São Bento and Campo de Ourique, is home to a beautiful landmark, the domed Basílica da Estrela, which faces one of the city’s most delightful parks, the Jardim da Estrela. The neighbourhood was once home to a sizeable British community, which was mostly made up of merchants. As Anglicans, they weren’t buried in Catholic cemeteries, so the English Cemetery was laid out across from Jardim da Estrela, and is the resting place of two distinguished personalities. Behind the basilica is the affluent quarter of Lapa, home to several mansions that are now embassies. Most are found down Rua do Sacramento à Lapa, where you see one of the city’s most romantic residences. Known as Palacete do Visconde de Sacavém, it’s on number 24 and was built in the late 1800s, featuring neo-Manueline windows with exuberant ceramics and tiles with naturalistic motifs. Built in 1790, this basilica houses the tomb of Queen Maria I and a remarkable baroque nativity scene with over 500 terracotta and cork images. Queen Maria I was responsible for its construction, when she gave birth to her son, who she believed was born through divine intervention.