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Paderne Village

By tourist on April 30, 2015 Albufeira, Archaeological tourism, Museums

In Paderne village you can see the Islamic urbanism: space organized by streets and covered by a Drainage system leading the waste water to the outside of wall. Almohad dwellings arranged around a central courtyard, by which it was acceded to every room of the house. Post reconquista (Christian): chapel building N. Senhora da Assunção. With the reconquest, domestic […]

Convent of Nossa Senhora da Assumpção, Museum in Faro

By tourist on April 30, 2015 Faro, Go, Know, Learn, Museums, See

The Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assumpção is a “remarkable” building in Faro where currently operates the Municipal Museum of Faro (formerly Municipal Archaeological Museum and Infante D. Henrique) and that includes various collections of paintings, sculpture, archeology and archaeological remains Roman and medieval. Located in the “old town” (Vila-Adentro), was built in 1519 in the […]