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Ajuda Botanical Garden is located in Lisbon, Portugal. This botanical garden was established in 1768 as part of the Ajuda Palace. Italian botanist Domingos Vandelli designed the layout of the garden. The Ajuda Botanical Garden hosts an ancient dragon tree, a fern hothouse and terraces. Formal hedges wrap around the garden and a large, elegant fountain splashes into a central pool. The garden overlooks the River Tagus as it winds through Lisbon. The garden is full of plants collected from around the world.

The bridge was originally named for Portugal's right-wing dictator, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, who ruled from 1932 to 1968. After Portugal's 1974 revolution, residents who supported the revolution started calling the bridge the 25th of April bridge to celebrate the change in power on April 25, 1974. Citizens loyal to Salazar's party continued to call it the Salazar bridge, and those who didn't want their politics known just called it "the bridge over the river".