In Querença, we find:

A typical gastronomy, preserved by local restaurants. Typical dishes Querença, among others, Cerejada Chicken, the Cabidela Rooster and the Xerém (the corn porridge, traditional Algarve).

Craftsmen, working mainly in palm (empreita), sugarcane (basketry) and fabric dolls (Philippa Spark);
Liquors, being produced in more than 16 varieties.
Honey, originating from the greater variety of flowers of the Mediterranean basin.
Other tourist attractions are: The valleys of Mercês e da Benémola, this inserted in an area, in the process of Natural Monument rating, previously “protected area Source of Benémola”. Rich Mediterranean flora. Traditional sources.

In 1249, the day of St. Clement, the forces of King Afonso III (1248-1279) conquered the town with the help of the Knights of Santiago, under the command of Master D. Palo Peres Correia. High the county seat by the charter of 1266, King Dinis donated the village and its fields to the Order of Santiago (1280), giving it later to a big fair, lasting a fortnight in the month of September (1291).

In the context of the 1383-1385 crisis, the village also faced difficulties, as Chamberlain chief witness João Afonso, whereby Loulé was quite depopulated, its castle was bleak walls and inside there were plenty of slums (Proceedings town council, 1385). Reports still that ran in the County the news that the forces of Castile were preparing to enter Portugal. Given the seriousness of the information and to guard against a possible attack, the town council decided to repair the tower surmounted the Faro door and up the walls and battlements of the southern flank around the village. Sensitive to this state of affairs, John I (1385-1433) granted special privileges to the Village term population to inhabit the inside of the fence and donated the slum opposite the Church of St. Clement, to build a churchyard.

With the cycle of the Portuguese Discoveries, the Algarve region, experienced a new surge of economic growth, which also benefited Loulé, exporting wine, olive oil, fruits and dry and salt fish. Thanks to these features, from 1422, the castle walls were rebuilt by Henry de Meneses, 1st Earl of Loulé.

During the Philippine Dynasty, the survey defenses Algarve made between the years 1617-1618 by the military engineer and architect Neapolitan Alexandre Massai, the Loulé Castle listed as having the most damaged walls in mud and noise (Description of the Kingdom of Algarve …, 1621).

Belonging to the territory of Ossónoba, the early occupation of the village dates back to the first half of the century AD its location favored the use of maritime resources and trafficking of goods, attested by the existence of a port.

In the second century, and particularly from the third century, the residential area has acquired a significant dimension. The water was an ever-present element, gushing of fountains and statues of the lake garden, central space around which the whole house was developing: a large reception room and summer dining room, the kitchen, the service areas, which included a cryptoporticus.

The walls were coated with plaster painted to fresh with bright colors and floral and geometric motifs. The floor was decorated with multicolored mosaics. The sculptures of gods and men decorated the interior spaces, harmonizing a fantastic set of color and stone cutting.

Little is known about the local production economy, but tanks with several workshops indicate the manufacture of cooked fish or, more likely, the dyeing fabric from purple. The finding of large amounts of imported elements, amphorae, small lamps, dishes and glasses, demonstrates the integration of the Cerro da Vila in the commercial network of the Roman Empire.

The Cerro da Vila lords were made bury in mausoleums with columbarium, a crypt with small side niches for placing the urns containing ashes. In later time, it grew a vast cemetery with graves of burial, only partially uncovered.

A set of silos of the Islamic era, open within the Roman houses, denounces the continuing occupation of buildings. Having finally the valuation and presentation of the site to the public, was built a site museum where is patent a monographic exhibition.