The Tejo Lake, on Avenida da Liberdade, has reopened to the public following a major rehabilitation project. This work was funded by the Lisbon City Council and carried out by the Santo António Parish Council.

The intervention aimed to restore this emblematic space to the city, improving its conditions, safety, and urban integration, so that everyone can once again fully enjoy it.

Tejo Lake, built in 1780, is part of a group of four lakes symmetrically located along the garden beds of Avenida da Liberdade. Both the West-North Lake and the East-North Lake feature, respectively, a stone fountain-statue, slightly larger than life-size, symbolizing, to the west, the Douro River and, to the east, the Tejo River, represented by a male figure resembling a god, watching over the evolution of the riverbanks.

These allegorical sculptures, created by Alexandre Gomes for the Campo de Santana Fountain (never built), were later reused in the layout of the Passeio Público and are currently placed at the northern end of each of these lakes. To the south, the other two lakes – west and east – complete the ensemble, similar to those located in the north, although without the presence of a fountain-statue.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas; the President of the Santo António Parish Council, Filipa Veiga; the Councillor for Culture, Diogo Moura; the Councillor for Green Spaces, Public Space and Urban Hygiene, Joana Baptista; the President of EPAL, Manuel Frexes; and the Vice-President of the Avenida da Liberdade Association, Eric Van Leuven.