
The Serra de Monchique is a mountain range of the western Algarve, whose highest point – Foia, with 902 m above sea level – is the highest in the Algarve and two most prominent points of Portugal (739 m). Due to it being close to…
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Cacela Velha is a village located in a sandstone elevation in front of the Ria…
View AllThe first Christian conquest takes place in 1189. The Portuguese troops governed by D. Sancho I were assisted by a contingent of Crusaders en route to the Holy Land, which had landed accidentally in Lisbon. The ephemeral subjection lasted only…
CONTINUE READINGThe remains of the Roman conquest are felt in the current urban core of the city of Silves. Likely to have been built in that remote period, the first defensive walls of an urban core. The Muslim occupation of the…
CONTINUE READINGQuerença is located on a hill that gives the name to the town, which can already be characterized by the transition…
From the VIII century with the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, Al’-Ulya is formed, said on the eve of the…
The Roman archaeological site of Praia da Luz is an archaeological site located in the Parish of Luz, in the municipality of…
It is believed that the early wall of the village is prior to the Roman invasion of the Iberian peninsula. It…
In dominant position over the village and the mouth of the Arade river, its elevation separates two beaches: the Praia da…
Possibly built in the century. XVII in stone masonry and mortar, Lapa Tower or Torre da Marinha, as it is known,…
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, also known as Church of…
The Alcoutim Castle, also known as New Castle, in the Algarve, located…
The building features an altar with gold leaf, a body of three…
The Church of São Francisco or Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco,…
The Serra do Caldeirão marks the border between the coast and the Algarve…
The Ria Formosa lagoon, located in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, is a system of barrier…
Castle of Paderne in the Algarve, located in the city and parish…
The Silves Bridge is a bridge over the Arade river in the…