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the public. Private. Site history. Built. c. 1520. Materials. Stone, Masonry. The Fort of São João do Arade (Portuguese: Forte de São João do Arade), sometimes referred to as the Castle of Arade, is a medieval fortification situated in the civil parish of Ferragudo in the Portuguese Algarve municipality of Lagoa.
214. Patron. Saint Anthony. Website. www.cascais.pt. Cascais (European Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈkajʃ] ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants [1] in an area of 97.40 km 2. [2] Cascais is an important tourist destination.
This is a list of islands of Portugal, including islets (Portuguese: ilhéu or ilhote). The islands (Portuguese: Ilha) are listed by region. [1] [2] Continental Portugal
Cape St. Vincent, Europe's southwesternmost point, has a dry and very moderate climate (temperatures usually vary between 13 and 19 °C (55 and 66 °F) throughout the year) The Algarve gets between 450 and 1,200 mm (18 and 47 in) of precipitation per year on average. December is the wettest month and July is the driest.
Alcácer do Sal. Grândola. Comporta, also known as the Comporta Coast (Portuguese: Costa da Comporta), [1] is a region in the northwestern coast of the Alentejo, in Portugal, south of the Lisbon metropolitan area. Comporta is one of the most exclusive summer destinations in Europe, [2] which has earned the region the nickname as " the Hamptons ...
Colares (Sintra) Village of Azenhas do Mar on the Colares coast. Colares (Portuguese pronunciation: [kuˈlaɾɨʃ]) is a civil parish along the coast of the municipality of Sintra. The population in 2011 was 7,628, [1] in an area of 33.37 square kilometres (12.88 sq mi). [2]
The Portuguese Riviera (Portuguese: Riviera Portuguesa) is a term used in the tourist industry for the affluent coastal region to the west of Lisbon, Portugal, centered on the coastal municipalities of Cascais (including Estoril), Oeiras and Sintra. [1][2][3] It is coterminous with the Estoril Coast (Costa do Estoril) [4] and occasionally known ...
No one knows when the Castle of São Francisco Xavier was founded; it is presumed to be between 1661 and 1662, when the coast was under threat of the armada of Galicia. [ 2 ] Judges and municipal aldermen for the city of Porto, captain António Pires Picão and various other carrack and caravel captains arrived at the conclusion in 1643 that ...