Cities, Villages and Places

Cities, Villages and Places

Porto Covo, in Sines

Porto Covo, in Sines

Porto Covo is a parish in the municipality of Sines, with 48.73 km ² and 1038 inhabitants (2011). Density: 21.3 inhabitants / km². Here can be found the famous Ilha do Pessegueiro, or Peachtree Island, with its ancient fort. The parish of Porto Covo was established in December 31st, 1984, detached from  Sines. A song […]

Sagres, in Vila do Bispo

Sagres, in Vila do Bispo

Sagres is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the southern Algarve of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,909,  in an area of 34.37 km².  It is historically connected to the early Portuguese Age of Discovery. The name Sagres, follows from Sagrado (holy) owing to the important local religious practices and rituals that occurred during the pre-history of the nation. From here some of the […]

Raposeira, in Bishop Village

Raposeira, in Bishop Village

The Raposeira is a quiet town belonging to the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the magnificent western Algarve. This is a region of ancient Roman occupation, existing within the Raposeira important prehistoric legacy as the Menhir of Aspradantes or menhirs set of Milrei and Standard. In Raposeira resided Infante Dom Henrique, such proximity to […]

Vila do Bispo, Bishop Village in Algarve

Vila do Bispo, Bishop Village in Algarve

Vila do Bispo is a Portuguese town in the district of Faro, Algarve region and sub-region, with about 1000 inhabitants. It is the seat of a municipality with 179.06 square kilometers of area1 and 5258 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 2 3 4 freguesias.4 The municipality is limited to the northern city of Lagos, northeast of […]

Zambujeira do Mar, Small Sea Town in Odemira

Zambujeira do Mar, Small Sea Town in Odemira

Zambujeira do Mar is a small sea side town on the coast of the Alentejo, in western Portugal. It has some fine sandy beaches and picture perfect traditional architecture, making it a small but well loved destination for visitors. Zambujeira’s coast is part of the Nature Park of the Southwest Alentejo. Zambujeira do Mar is a parish of Odemira, […]

Zambujeira de Baixo

Zambujeira de Baixo

The Seixe of Ribeira is in its final leg, the boundary between the municipalities of Beja and Lagos, between the Southwest Alentejo and the northwest of the Algarve in southern Portugal. According Adalberto Alves, on your Arabisms dictionary of the Portuguese language, the origin of Seixe place-name is the Arabic word sayh, ‘torrent’. The main […]

Rogil Parish, in Aljezur

Rogil Parish, in Aljezur

To the north, the division is made by the limits of Odeceixe parish; the source, the division is made by the limits of Odeceixe parish; south, between the Atlantic Ocean and the national road No 120, is bounded by the cadastral sections AL and AJ; on the national road No 120, near the Mount of […]

Aljezur

Aljezur

Aljezur is a land of ancient origins, whose antiquity is attested by the many archaeological remains have been found. Its territory is inhabited since prehistoric times. Aljezur was founded in the tenth century by the Arabs who remained here for five centuries before the Christian conquest and here left important marks such as the castle, […]

Odeceixe Parish, in Aljezur

Odeceixe Parish, in Aljezur

  The focal point of the village is the village of Odeceixe, Algarve, situated along a hill, near Ribeira Seixe. The roads have, for the most part, a reduced width, being usually lined with white-washed buildings. It is located on the border with the county of Beja in the Alentejo, with road access made by […]

Castle of Aljezur

Castle of Aljezur

The Castle of Aljezur (Portuguese: Castelo de Aljezur) is a medieval castle founded in the parish of Aljezur, in the municipality of the same name overlooking theAljezur River . Excavations in the castle have discovered that the location was occupied during the Bronze and Iron Ages, while the parade grounds, habitational structures, and two silos date to the 12th and 13th centuries.   The […]

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