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Marina de Lagos, Portugal Lagos' economy, like many coastal towns in Portugal, has always been closely linked to the sea, and fishing has been an important activity since very ancient times. Since 1960, the city has embraced tourism , which has become its most important economic activity.
According to several historians quoted by João Paulo Rocha in 1910, the first Phoenicians arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 935 BC, to search for gold and silver, having returned a few years later with a larger fleet, which reached as far as Cape St. Vincent [12] In the city of Lagos several Phoenician remains have been found, such as ceramics found in Barroca Street, dating from the ...
With the reign of King John II (1481–1495), the Company of Guinea was moved from Lagos to new premises in Lisbon (1481–1482). King John II and his successor also carried out conservation work on the defenses of Lagos, who endowed it with an aqueduct for the water supply, built somewhere between 1490 and 1521.
Igreja de Santo António is a church in Lagos,Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. It is one of the main monuments in the city, being known for its interior richness in gilded carving. Attached to the church building is the Municipal Museum of Lagos. The church was commissioned by the military, and was completed in 1707.
People from Lagos, Portugal (20 P) S. Sport in Lagos, Portugal (1 P) Pages in category "Lagos, Portugal" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
São Gonçalo de Lagos is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Sebastião and Santa Maria. The population in 2021 was 23,671, [1] up from 22,095 in 2011, [2] in an area of 29.15 km 2. [3]
The Mercado de Escravos (lit. ' Slave Market ') is a historical building in Lagos, in the Faro District of Portugal.It is located on the site where the first slave market in Europe of the modern era took place, in 1444.
Bensafrim e Barão de São João is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Bensafrim and Barão de São João. [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 2,425, [ 2 ] in an area of 130.20 km 2 .