A local tradition falls in the realm of legend episode of Castle of Aljezur conquest by the Christians: Aware of the privileged position of the castle and the close watch kept by the Moors, D. Palo Peres Correia, Portuguese dispatched some scouts to test the waters and habits of the population of the people in […]
Castle of Aljezur, located in the village and Parish of Aljezur, Faro in Portugal. In dominant position over the village and the river of Aljezur, although they are in one of the castles figured in the seven corners of paternal coat, it is almost unknown in the Portuguese tourist itineraries, in the case of one […]
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, also known as Church of Santa Maria, is a religious building, which serves the town of Alcoutim, in Faro, in Portugal. Built in unknown date, was in the outside walls of Alcoutim, near Tavira door; He suffered several works, highlighting its total rebuilding in the sixteenth century, and […]
The Alcoutim Castle, also known as New Castle, in the Algarve, located in the village, Town and Municipality of Alcoutim, in Faro, in Portugal. Watching this point of the boundary line crossing, the monument stands in a dominant position on a hill south of the village on the right bank of the stream of San […]
Castle of Paderne in the Algarve, located in the city and parish of the same name, municipality of Albufeira, Faro in Portugal. It stands in a dominant position over the stream of Quarteira, about two kilometers south of the city. One of the seven castles represented on the flag of Portugal, its ruins, reddish in […]
The Serra do Caldeirão marks the border between the coast and the Algarve Barrocal and peneplains the Alentejo. It is part of the massive old and consists of schist-greywacke rock that originates thin and not very fertile soils. Its highest point is located in the Algarve (589 m Peeled – Cauldron horses – Loulé), the Mu […]
The Ria Formosa lagoon, located in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, is a system of barrier islands that communicates with the sea through six inlets. Five of these inlets are natural and have mobility characteristics. The sixth is an artificial inlet that was opened with the purpose of allowing easier access to the port of Faro. Presently the main inlet […]
Cacela Velha is a village located in a sandstone elevation in front of the Ria Formosa and the sea (Vila Nova de Cacela parish, Vila Real de Santo António), from where it sees the most beautiful panoramic views of the eastern Algarve. The Old Cacela designation is recent, as this place was known as Church […]
From the VIII century with the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, Al’-Ulya is formed, said on the eve of the Christian Reconquista, in the chronicles of Ibne Saíde and Abd Aluhaid as a small almedina fortified and prosperous, belonging to the Kingdom Niebla, under the command of Taifa Ibne Mafom. This Almohad structure left […]
The Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila are located at Faro district in the municipality of Loulé and more precisely in Quarteira parish. Made up of several bathtubs and Roman mosaics dating from over 2000 years. Belonging to the territory of Ossónoba, the early occupation of the village dates back to the first half of […]
