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The area covered by the Quinta da Boa Vista (daily 7am-6pm) was once incorporated in a sesmaria held by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Jesuits used the area as a sugar plantation, though it later became the chacara (country seat) of the royal family when the Portuguese merchant Elias Antonio Lopes presented the Palacio de Sao Cristovao (today the Museu Nacional) and surrounding lands to Dom Joao VI in 1808. The park, with its wide open expanses of greenery, tree-lined avenues, lakes, sports areas and games tables, is an excellent place for a stroll, best during the week as weekends can get very crowded. You may as well make a day of it, and see all the sights once you're here.
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